Prognostic markers in amebic liver abscess: A prospective study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2584-2588

  Sharma, M P ^a   Dasarathy, S ^a   Verma, Narender ^a   Saksena, Sushma ^a   Shukla, Dinesh K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DISEASE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029853945     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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