Schistosomiasis of the urinary bladder in an African immigrant to North Carolina

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 580-583

  Ganem, Jacques P ^a,b,c   Marroum, Maire Claire ^a,b  

^a Carolinas Medical Center ^*

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYSTITIS; CYSTOSCOPY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEGRO; PROSTATITIS; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URETHRITIS; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0031802017     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199806000-00015     Document Type: Article

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