Characterization of the vascular changes in schistosomal portal (pipestem) fibrosis of mice

Acta Tropica

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-42

  Silva, Luciana M ^a   Ribeiro dos Santos, Ricardo ^a   Soares, Milena B P ^a   Andrade, Zilton A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hepatic fibrosis; Periovular granulomas; Periportal (pipestem) fibrosis; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MAMMAL; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CERCARIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGG; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRANULOMA; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

ANIMALIA; CLEMATIS LASIANTHA; MAMMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 33645909551     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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