Strain-related effects of fenbendazole treatment on murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-273

  Ramp, A A ^a   Hall, C ^a   Orian, J M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthelminth; Fenbendazole; Pinworm; Refinement of EAE

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; C57BL MOUSE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; MURINAE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS; FEMALE; FENBENDAZOLE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED NOD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954434133     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2010.009148     Document Type: Article

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