Murine cerebral malaria: how far from human cerebral malaria?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 271-272

  Carvalho, Leonardo J M ^a  

^a LA JOLLA BIOENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1;

BRAIN MALARIA; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MICE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

MURINAE;

EID: 77952581570     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.03.001     Document Type: Letter

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