Antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi and renal lesions in mice

Acta Veterinaria

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 125-130

  El Naas, A ^a   Levkut, M ^a   Levkutova, Maria ^a   Hipikova, Vlasta ^a   Letkova, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Mice; Renal lesions

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042902334     PISSN: 05678315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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