Ultrasound findings in children with toxocariasis: Report on 18 cases

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 316-319

  Baldisserotto, Matteo ^a,b   Conchin, Carlo F M ^a   Soares, Maria Da Graça M ^a   Araujo, Manoel A ^a   Kramer, Betusa ^a  

^a Ministry of Health ^*  (Brazil)

^b MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENOMEGALY; THIABENDAZOLE; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 0032949610     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050596     Document Type: Article

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