Incidence of Armillifer armillatus (pentastome) calcification in the abdomen

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-31

  Nzeh, D A ^a,b   Akinlemibola, J K ^a   Nzeh, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC DISEASES;

EID: 0029682649     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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