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Effects of Corticosteroids on Experimental Amœbiasis

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THE examination of the influence of drugs on amœbiasis has depended in large part on results obtained from experimentally infected laboratory animals. Conventional methods for the establishment of experimental amœbiasis have involved administration of amoeba per os or per anum, or the injection of trophozoites into the csæcal lumen.

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  1. Microbiology Department, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York

    SVETOZAR TEODOROVIC

  2. Research Institute, Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York

    JAMES W. INGALLS & LEO GREENBERG

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TEODOROVIC, S., INGALLS, J. & GREENBERG, L. Effects of Corticosteroids on Experimental Amœbiasis. Nature 197, 86–87 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197086a0

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