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Mast Cells Kinetics during Experimental Schistosomiasis mansoni in Mice
Increased number of mast cells at the site of infection is widely regarded as important host defense against parasites. The kinetics of mucosal mast cells and connective tissue mast cells responses were studied in the intestines of 68 female CFLP mice infected with 100 Schistosoma mansoni cercariae. The number of mucosal mast cells and the connective tissue mast cells increased from week 3 and ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0037-8682
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822008000400026