Abnormalities of the leg lymphatics are not specific for bancroftian filariasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 650-652

  Marchetti, Fernanda ^a   Piessens, Willy F ^b   Medeiros, Zulma ^c   Dreyer, Gerusa ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bancroftian filariasis; Filariasis; Leg lymphatics; Lymphoscintigraphy; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LEG; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL STATUS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0032412916     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90797-0     Document Type: Article

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