Lesson of the Week: Katayama fever: An acute manifestation of schistosomiasis

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7064, 1996, Pages 1071-1072

  Doherty, J F ^a   Moody, A H ^a   Wright, S G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URTICARIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SLEEP STAGES; SYNDROME; TRAVEL;

EID: 0029824909     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7064.1071     Document Type: Article

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