Schistosomiasis and hepatic fibrosis regression

Acta Tropica

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 79-82

  Andrade, Zilton A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fibrosis regression; Hepatic (pipestem) fibrosis; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE; GELATINASE B; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; PYRIDINOLINE; VASCULOTROPIN;

EGG; MATURATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROGENESIS; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

CLEMATIS LASIANTHA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 56949093295     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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