Ultrasound-detected hepatic periportal thickening in patients with prolonged pyrexia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-48

  Medhat, A ^a   Nafeh, M ^a   Swifee, Y ^a   Helmy, A ^a   Zaki, S ^a   Shehata, M ^a   Ibrahim, S ^a   Abdel Kader, D A ^a   Strickland, G T ^b  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0031746618     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.45     Document Type: Article

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