In Vivo MRI Assessment of Hepatic and Splenic Disease in a Murine Model of Schistosomiasis [corrected].

• Autores principales: Brice Masi (Autor), Teodora-Adriana (Autor), Caroline Laprie (Autor), Helia Dessein (Autor), Monique Bernard (Autor), Alain Dessein (Autor), Angèle Viola (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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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 po...