Ocular toxoplasmosis: The role of retinal pigment epithelium migration in infection

Parasitology Research

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 467-472

  Tedesco, R C ^a,b   Smith, R L ^b   Corte Real, S ^a   Calabrese, K S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHOROID; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MICROSCOPY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHOROID; EYE; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

ANIMALIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 2442655126     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-1031-2     Document Type: Article

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