Current Trends in the Diagnosis and Management of Cystic Hydatid Disease of the Liver

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 221-230

  Dhar, Puneet ^a   Chaudhary, Adarsh ^a   Desai, Rajendra ^a   Agarwal, Anil ^a   Sachdev, Ajay ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

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ANTIPARASITIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0030334605     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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