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Aspects of helminth metabolism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

P. F. V. Ward
P. F. V. Ward
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Biochemistry Department, A.R.C. Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4AT
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‘Each organism must be examined as a biochemical entity before any reasonable understanding of helminth metabolism can be attained’ (Saz, 1969).

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Trends and Perspectives
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Parasitology , Volume 84 , Issue 1 , February 1982 , pp. 177 - 194
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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