Magnetic resonance imaging findings in the brains of rabbits infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis: A long-term investigation

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1237-1239

  Wang, Lian Chen ^a   Wan, Dinah Pingni ^b   Jung, Shih Ming ^c   Chen, Chien Chuan ^d   Wong, Ho Fai ^d   Wan, Yung Liang ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

BRAIN; LAGOMORPH;

ANGIOSTRONGYLOSIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; GLIOSIS; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LARVA; MALE; MENINX; NEMATODIASIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RABBIT;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RABBITS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 28444485958     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-450R1.1     Document Type: Article

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