Clinical and imaging features of pulmonary strongyloidiasis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-19

  Woodring, John H ^a   Halfhill II, Harold ^a   Berger, Rolando ^a   Reed, James C ^a   Moser, Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; STEROID; TIABENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGE; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SUPERINFECTION; WHEEZING;

EID: 0030068818     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199601000-00002     Document Type: Review

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