Ultrasonography of periportal fibrosis in schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-309

  Gerspacher Lara, Rogério ^a   Pinto Silva, Rogério A ^a   Rayes, Abdunnabi A M ^a   Drummond, Sandra C ^a   Lambertucci, José Roberto ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Periportal fibrosis; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLENOMEGALY;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0030976308     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90087-0     Document Type: Article

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