Ultrastructural effects of albendazole on the body wall of gnathostoma spinigerum third stage larvae

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1199-1207

  Arunyanart, Channarong ^a   Kanla, Pipatphong ^a   Chaichun, Amnart ^a   Intapan, Pewpan M ^a   Maleewong, Wanchai ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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EID: 76749169808     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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