Clinical significance and frequency of Blastocystis hominis in Turkish patients with hematological malignancy

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 133-136

  Taşova, Yeşim ^a   Şahin, Berksoy ^a   Koltaş, Soner ^a   Paydaş, Semra ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blastocystis hominis; Gastrointestinal disorders; Hematological malignancy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLOOD DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PARASITOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; TURKEY;

EID: 0034200631     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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