Alveolar Hydatid Disease in Minnesota: First Human Case Acquired in the Contiguous United States

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 241, Issue 9, 1979, Pages 904-907

  Gamble, William G ^a   Segal, Martin ^b   Schantz, Peter M ^c   Rausch, Robert L ^d  

^a Saint Louis Medical Center   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CESTODE; DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; LIVER; LUNG HYDATID CYST; PERITONEUM; THERAPY;

CASE REPORT; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LARVA; MIDDLE AGE; MINNESOTA;

EID: 0018778763     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1979.03290350024014     Document Type: Article

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