Severe hepatic involvement in visceral larva migrans

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1245-1249

  Hartleb, Marek ^a   Januszewski, Krzysztof ^a  

^a Pathomorphology Silesian Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholestatic jaundice; Chronic fever; Granulomatous hepatitis; Keywords; Liver; Toxocariasis; Visceral larva migrans

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; STEROID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; PREDNISONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 0034767070     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200110000-00020     Document Type: Article

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