Histological and Lectin Binding Changes in the Genital Tract of Mice Infected with Tritrichomonas foetus

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-45

  Monteavaro, C E ^a   Soto, P ^a   Gimeno, E J ^b   Echevarria H M ^a   Catena, M ^a   Portiansky, E L ^b   Barbeito, C G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

cow; mouse; reproductive tract; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; SOYBEAN AGGLUTININ; ULEX EUROPAEUS AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM ATROPHY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INOCULATION; LECTIN BINDING; METAPLASIA; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BOVINAE; MURINAE; MUS; PROTOZOA; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 38349036124     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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