Histological studies of selected organs of mice experimentally infected with Acanthamoeba spp

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 161-167

  Górnik, Katarzyna ^a   Kuźna Grygiel, Wanda ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Brain; Heart; Histopathology; Kidney; Liver; Lung; Spleen; Virulent strains

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SPLEEN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; POLAND; VIRULENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 24744471010     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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