Ultrasonography of the liver and spleen in Brazilian patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and cirrhosis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 639-642

  Pereira, Leila M M B ^a   Domingues, Ana L C ^b   Spinelli, Victorino ^b   McFarlane, Ian G ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cirrhosis; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER ATROPHY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HILUS; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLEEN;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032413134     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90794-5     Document Type: Article

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