Lymphoscintigraphic analysis of lymphatic abnormalities in symptomatic and asymptomatic human filariasis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 927-933

  Freedman, David O ^a,b   Filho, Paulo José De Almeida ^a,b   Besh, Stephen ^a,b,c   Silva, Maria Carmelita Maia E ^a,b   Braga, Cynthia ^a,b   Maciel, Amélia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Centro Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhaes   (Brazil)

^c Memphis ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANTIASIS; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MICROFILARIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; DEXTRANS; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; REFERENCE VALUES; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0028122944     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/170.4.927     Document Type: Article

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