Intestinal parasitic infections in patients with malignancy

Journal of Diarrhoeal Diseases Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-74

  Rudrapatna, Jayshree S ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^a   Sridhar, Hema ^a  

^a KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Intestinal diseases, parasitic; Malignant carcinoid syndrome; Neoplasms; Parasites; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031151412     PISSN: 02538768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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