DIAGNOSIS OF CYSTIC HYDATID DISEASE: ROLE OF ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY

The Lancet

Volumn 332, Issue 8612, 1988, Pages 655-657

  Hira, P R ^a,c   Lindberg, L G ^a,c   Francis, I ^d   Shweiki, H ^b,c   Shaheen, Y ^c   Leven, H ^b   Behbehani, K ^a,c  

^a Faculty of Allied Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c Mubarak Hospital   (Kuwait)

^d Mubarak Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CESTODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023708170     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(88)90470-9     Document Type: Article

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