Analysis of 69 patients with amebic liver abscess

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-45

  Lee, Kwang Choon ^a,b   Yamazaki, Osamu ^a,b   Hamba, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Sakaue, Yoshihiro ^b   Kinoshita, Hiroaki ^c   Hirohashi, Kazuhiro ^c   Kubo, Shoji ^c  

^a Osaka City Momoyama Munic Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amebic liver abscess; Homosexuality; Percutaneous drainage; Sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTITRICHOMONAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030029916     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01211185     Document Type: Article

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