Common presentations of amebic liver abscess

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 351-355

  Hoffner, R J ^a   Kilaghbian, T ^a   Esekogwu, V I ^a   Henderson, S O ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032869184     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(99)70130-7     Document Type: Article

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