Echinococcosis - An emerging parasite in the immigrant population

American Family Physician

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 817-821

  Chrieki, Milad ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BONE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FATALITY; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INGESTION; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NEPHRECTOMY; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORM EGG;

EID: 0036736205     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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