Cutaneous gnathostomiasis in a woman from Bangladesh

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-54

  Grobusch, Martin P ^a   Bergmann, Frank ^a   Teichmann, Dieter ^a   Klein, Eckhard ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PAIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; THELAZIA; THENAR; WORM INFECTION;

EID: 0034105809     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(00)90067-5     Document Type: Article

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