Management of hepatobiliary and pancreatic Ascaris infestation in adults after failed medical treatment

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 907-910

  Beckingham, I J ^a,b   Cullis, S N R ^a   Krige, J E J ^a   Bornman, P C ^a   Terblanche, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DISEASES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031854826     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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