Hydatid disease in New Zealand. What remains and how should we treat it?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1086, 1999, Pages 131-134

  Lynch, A Craig ^a   Stubbs, Richard S ^a  

^a Wakefield Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; LIVER HYDATID CYST; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBENDAZOLE; ALGORITHMS; ANTICESTODAL AGENTS; DECISION TREES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SELECTION; PREMEDICATION; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033597144     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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