Systemic manifestation of Echinococcus alveolaris infection

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1030-1032

  Reittner, Pia ^a   Szolar, Dieter H ^a   Schmid, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Echinococcosis; Echinococcus alveolaris (multilocularis)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS ALVEOLARI (MULTILOCULARI);

ALBENDAZOLE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MEBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LUNG HYDATID CYST; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; LIVER; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029805809     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199611000-00033     Document Type: Article

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