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Metabolic interrelationship of parasitic trematodes and molluscs, especiallySchistosoma mansoni inBiomphalaria glabrata

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Becker, W. Metabolic interrelationship of parasitic trematodes and molluscs, especiallySchistosoma mansoni inBiomphalaria glabrata . Z. Parasitenkd. 63, 101–111 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00927526

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