Dexamethasone inhibits brain apoptosis in mice with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection

BACKGROUND: Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, is the major cause of eosinophilic meningitis worldwide. Rats serve as the definitive host of the nematode, but humans can be infected incidentally, leading to eosinophilic meningitis. A previous BALB/c animal study has demonstrated increase...

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Autores principales: Tsai, Hung-Chin, Lee, Bi-Yao, Yen, Chuan-Min, Wann, Shue-Ren, Lee, Susan Shin-Jung, Chen, Yao-Shen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4382933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25890054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0792-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4382933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25890054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0792-7

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