Colonoscopic diagnosis of whipworm infection

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 2105-2109

  Joo, Jae Hak ^a   Ryu, Kwon Ho ^a   Lee, Young Hong ^a   Park, Chan Wook ^a   Cho, Joo Young ^a   Kim, Yun Soo ^a   Lee, Joon Seong ^a   Lee, Moon Sung ^a   Hwang, Seong Gyu ^a   Shim, Chan Sup ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Trichuriasis; Whipworm infection

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON MUCOSA; COLONOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCEPS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHURIASIS; TROPICS; WORM EGG;

ADULT; AGED; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; TRICHURIASIS;

EID: 0032443147     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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