Human fascioliasis: Clinical features and diagnostic difficulties in Egyptian children

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 162-166

  El Shabrawi, M ^a   El Karaksy, H ^a   Okasha, S ^a   El Hennawy, A ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EGYPT; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0030761752     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/43.3.162     Document Type: Article

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