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In Vivo MRI Assessment of Hepatic and Splenic Disease in a Murine Model of Schistosmiasis

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis (or bilharzia), a major parasitic disease, affects more than 260 million people worldwide. In chronic cases of intestinal schistosomiasis caused by trematodes of the Schistosoma genus, hepatic fibrosis develops as a host immune response to the helminth eggs, followed by p...

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Autores principales: Masi, Brice, Perles-Barbacaru, Teodora-Adriana, Laprie, Caroline, Dessein, Helia, Bernard, Monique, Dessein, Alain, Viola, Angèle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4578925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26394390
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004036