Schistosomiasis presenting as acute appendicitis in a traveler

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 147-148

  Weber, Gabriel ^a,b,c   Borer, Abraham ^a,c   Zirkin, Howard J ^a   Riesenberg, Klaris ^a   Alkan, Michael ^a,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Department of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRAVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFRICA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; TRAVEL;

EID: 0031670466     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1998.tb00489.x     Document Type: Article

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