The Marrara syndrome: A hypersensitivity reaction of the upper respiratory tract and buccopharyngeal mucosa to nymphs of Linguatula serrata

Acta Tropica

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 127-134

  Yagi, Hashim ^a   El Bahari, Sabir ^a   Mohamed, Hanan A ^a   Ahmed, El Rasheed Sid ^a   Mustafa, Babiker ^a   Mahmoud, Magdi ^a   Saad, Mohamed B A ^a   Sulaiman, Suad M ^a   El Hassan, Ahmed M ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^b NONE   (Sudan)

Author keywords

allergic nasopharyngitis; Linguatula serrata; Marrara syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOG; FEMALE; GOAT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRARA SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SHEEP; WORM EGG; WORM INFECTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DOGS; FEMALE; GOATS; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NASAL MUCOSA; OTITIS MEDIA; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SHEEP; SUDAN; TINNITUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030590906     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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