Infertility in murine acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection is associated with inhibition of pre-implantation embryo development

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1730-1738

  Id Boufker, Hicham ^a,b   Alexandre, Henri ^b   Carlier, Yves ^a   Truyens, Carine ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c Docteur en Psychologie   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; OVULATION; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ZYGOTE; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHAGAS DISEASE; COPULATION; CYTOLOGY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIVISION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; COPULATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OOCYTES; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ZYGOTE;

EID: 38749111410     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2006.060309     Document Type: Article

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