Liver involvement in Tsutsugamushi disease

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-217

  Kanno, Atsushi ^a,b   Yamada, Miki ^a   Murakami, Kazuhiro ^a   Torinuki, Wakio ^a  

^a Tohokukoseinenkin Hospital   (Japan)

^b Tohoku Kosei nenkin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver disease; Rickettsiosis; Tsutsugamushi disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCRUB TYPHUS;

HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCRUB TYPHUS;

EID: 0030179022     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.179.213     Document Type: Article

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