Nodular breast filariasis: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration

Pathology International

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 228-230

  Monchy, Didier ^a   Noellat, Philippe ^a   Nomoredjo, Amaury ^a   Videault, Alain ^a   Dubourdieu, Dominique ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

breast filariasis; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHADENITIS; MICROFILARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0029982598     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1996.tb03603.x     Document Type: Article

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