Therapeutic effect of alpha lipoic acid combined with praziquantel on liver fibrosis induced by Schistosoma mansoni challenged mice

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 577-586

  Abdel Hafeez, Ekhlas H ^a   Ahmad, Azza K ^a   Abdulla, Ahlam M ^a   Aabdel Wahab, Soha ^a   Mosalem, Fadia A ^a  

^a Minia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PRAZIQUANTEL; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITE LOAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; THIOCTIC ACID;

MUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 84866016930     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-2871-4     Document Type: Article

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