Organometric investigations of the spleen and liver by ultrasound in Schistosoma mansoni endemic and nonendemic villages in Senegal

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-249

  Yazdanpanah, Yazdan ^a   Thomas, Anna K ^b   Kardorff, Ruediger ^c   Talla, Idrissa ^d   Sow, Seydou ^e   Niang, Malick ^f   Stelma, Foekje F ^g   Decam, Christophe ^h   Rogerie, Francois ⁱ   Gryseels, Bruno ^j   Capron, Andre ⁱ   Doehring, Ekkehard ^k  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d District Sanitaire de Bambey   (Senegal)

^e District Sanitaire de Richard Toll   (Senegal)

^f Ministry of Health   (Senegal)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h Mission de la Cooperation Francaise   (Mali)

ⁱ INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^j INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^k Interdisziplinaeres T   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENEGAL; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN SIZE;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0030836785     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.245     Document Type: Article

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