Histomorphological study of the preputial and clitoral glands in BALB/c mice with experimental Taenia crassiceps infections

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 189-192

  Gourbal, B E F ^a   Gabrion, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; SEX HORMONE;

HISTOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PHEROMONE; STEROID;

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CLITORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCUS; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PREPUTIAL GLAND; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TAENIASIS; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CLITORIS; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PENIS; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TAENIASIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; TAENIA CRASSICEPS;

EID: 33645545790     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-614R.1     Document Type: Article

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