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Vertebrate-type steroids in cercariae of the schistosomeTrichobilharzia ocellata

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  1. Department of Parasitology, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, P.O. Box 80.165, 3508 TD, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Henk D. F. H. Schallig

  2. Faculty of Biology, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Anke Glasmeier & Marijke de Jong-Brink

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Schallig, H.D.F.H., Glasmeier, A. & de Jong-Brink, M. Vertebrate-type steroids in cercariae of the schistosomeTrichobilharzia ocellata . Parasitol Res 78, 709–711 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00931527

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