Confocal laser scanning microscopy, a new in vivo diagnostic tool for schistosomiasis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Fritzsche, Carlos ^a   Stachs, Oliver ^a   Holtfreter, Martha Charlotte ^a   Nohr Łuczak, Constanze ^a   Guthoff, Rudolf Friedrich ^a   Reisinger, Emil Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

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PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER MUCOSA; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYSTOSCOPY; EGG; EGG SIZE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; SCHISTOMA HAEMATOBIUM EGG; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS; UROTHELIUM;

HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; URINARY BLADDER; UROTHELIUM;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 84859816445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034869     Document Type: Article

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