Comparison between the collagen intensity and mast cell density in the lingual muscles and myocardium of autopsied chronic chagasic and nonchagasic patients

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 647-654

  Roldão, José A ^a   Beghini, Marcela ^a   Ramalho, Luciana S ^b   Porto, Carla Souza ^a   Rodrigues, Denise B R ^a   Teixeira, Vicente P A ^b   De Lima Pereira, Sanívia A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UBERABA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; COLLAGEN; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUCASIAN; CELL DENSITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE;

ADULT; AGED; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; TONGUE;

EID: 84866036988     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-2882-1     Document Type: Article

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