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The formation of egg granulomas in the spleens of mice with late Schistosoma japonicum infection alters splenic morphology

BACKGROUND: Splenomegaly is a characteristic symptom of schistosome infection. Unlike the well known hepatic pathology of schistosomiasis, splenomegaly has received little scientific research and is generally considered to be a non-specific congestion caused by increased blood pressure within the ve...

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Autores principales: Wang, Yanjuan, Zhang, Jing, Yin, Jianhai, Shen, Yujuan, Wang, Ying, Xu, Yuxin, Cao, Jianping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26178192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0988-x