Paragonimiasis Miyazakii associated with bilateral pseudochylothorax

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 579-582

  Inoue, Yoshikazu ^a,b   Kawaguchi, Tomoya ^a   Yoshida, Akira ^a   Harada, Hisato ^a   Hara, Hideki ^a   Yamamoto, Satoru ^a   Sakatani, Mitsunori ^a  

^a Natl Kinki Chuo Hosp Chest Dis   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol crystal; Eosinophilia; Immunoglobulin E; Larva migrans; Praziquantel

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CHYLOTHORAX; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS; PLEURA EFFUSION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHOLESTEROL; CHYLOTHORAX; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PRAZIQUANTEL;

EID: 0034219940     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.579     Document Type: Article

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