Schistosoma mansoni infection in a recently exposed community in Senegal: Lack of correlation between liver morphology in ultrasound and connective tissue metabolites in serum

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 234-241

  Burchard, G D ^a   Guisse Sow F ^b   Diop, M ^c   Ly, A ^c   Lanuit, R ^d   Gryseels, B ^e   Gressner, A M ^f  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Centre Santé de Richard Toll   (Senegal)

^d Travail du Service de Radiologie   (Senegal)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^f PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatic fibrosis; Hyaluronan; Laminin; Procollagen type III; Schistosomiasis; Senegal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 3; HYALURONIC ACID; LAMININ; PROCOLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PATHOGENESIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENEGAL; SERUM; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; LAMININ; LIVER; MALE; PROCOLLAGEN; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENEGAL;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031969305     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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