In vitro and in vivo effects of progesterone on Trichinella spiralis newborn larvae

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-259

  Nunez G G ^a   Gentile, T ^a   Costantino, S N ^a   Sarchi, M I ^a   Venturiello, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Trichinellosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERITONEUM CELL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LARVA; LEUKOCYTES; MIFEPRISTONE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS;

ANIMALIA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 23944487984     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005007468     Document Type: Article

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