Paragonimiasis Westermani with Multifocal Lesions in Lungs and Skin

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 433-436

  Ashitani, Jun Ichi ^a   Kumamoto, Kenshi ^a   Matsukura, Shigeru ^b  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cutaneous nodule; Interstitial pneumonia; Paragonimus westermani; Pleuritis

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 5; PLASMA PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; METABOLISM; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION;

AGED; BLOOD PROTEINS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-5; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARAGONIMIASIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RIBONUCLEASES; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

EID: 0034181366     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.433     Document Type: Article

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