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Melatonin reduces the severity of experimental amoebiasis

BACKGROUND: Melatonin has immunomodulatory effects but very little is known about its influence in protozoan infections, such as Entamoeba histolytica, which causes amoebiasis, a disease with significant morbidity and mortality. In this study, we evaluated the effects of exogenous melatonin interfer...

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Autores principales: França-Botelho, Aline C, França, Juliana L, Oliveira, Fabrício MS, Franca, Eduardo L, Honório-França, Adenilda C, Caliari, Marcelo V, Gomes, Maria A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21501501
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-62