Schistosomiasis imported by Spanish travellers: Clinical and epidemiological study of 80 cases;Esquistosomiasis importada por viajeros españoles: Estudio clínico epidemiológico de 80 casos

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 108, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 721-725

  Corachan M ^a,b   Almeda, J ^a   Vinuesa, T ^a   Valls, M E ^a   Mejias T ^a   Jou, P ^a   Biarnes C ^a   Pous, E ^a   Vilana, R ^a   Gascon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPAIN; TRAVEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPAIN; TRAVEL;

EID: 0031575963     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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