Xanthine in urine stimulates growth of Leishmania promastigotes in vitro [4]

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 136-138

  Warburg, Alon ^a   Gelman, Shoshana ^a   Deutsch, Joseph ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XANTHINE;

AUTOCLAVE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH CURVE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; URINE;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; URINE; XANTHINE;

EID: 38349077087     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47419-0     Document Type: Letter

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