An eighty-four-year-old man with fever and painless jaundice: A case report and brief review of Clonorchis sinensis infection

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-209

  Lewin, Matthew R ^a   Weinert, Mary F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLONORCHIASIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032865719     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1999.tb00860.x     Document Type: Article

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