Dientamoeba fragilis: The unflagellated human flagellate

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-306

  Windsor, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Johnson, Eugene H ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Bronglais General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Dientamoeba fragilis; Flagellate; Trophozoites

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DIIODOHYDROXYQUIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; DIARRHEA; DIENTAMOEBA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION; TROPHOZOITE; URTICARIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; HUMANS;

EID: 0033405370     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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