Hepatic fascioliasis: Case report and review

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-73

  Abdul Hadi, Salha ^a   Contreras, Rosa ^a   Tombazzi, Claudio ^b   Alvarez, Marta ^b   Melendez, Maribel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CARACAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

eosinophilia; Fasciola hepatica; hepatic fascioliasis; triclabendazole

Indexed keywords

TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029880064     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651996000100013     Document Type: Article

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