Pulmonary nodules due to Toxocara canis infection in an immunocompetent adult

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-79

  Sane, Aneysa C ^a,b   Barber, Brent A ^a,b  

^a Wake Forest University ^*

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER NODULE; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 0031038082     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199701000-00019     Document Type: Article

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