Hepatic fibrosis due to fascioliasis and/or schistosomiasis in Abis 1 village, Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 870-878

  Abou Basha, L M ^a   Salem, A ^a   Osman, M ^a   El Hefni, S ^a   Zaki, A ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROCOLLAGEN; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE III N TERMINAL PEPTIDE; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE III-N-TERMINAL PEPTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROCOLLAGEN; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034261514     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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