Effects of acute Chagas' disease on mice central nervous system

Parasitologia Latinoamericana

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 3-11

  Lugo De Yarbuh, Ana ^a,c   Araujo, Sonia ^a   Colasante, Cesare ^b   Alarcón, Maritza ^a   Moreno, Elio ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Venezuela)

^b Universidad De Los Andes Facultad de Medicina   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Acute Chagas'disease; Brain; Motoneurons; Neurons; Spinal Cord

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33746152020     PISSN: 07177704     EISSN: 07177712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-77122006000100001     Document Type: Article

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