Myocarditis associated with visceral larva migrans due to Toxocara canis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 706-708

  Abe, Kohtaro ^a   Shimokawa, Hiroaki ^a   Kubota, Toru ^a   Nawa, Yukifumi ^b   Takeshita, Akira ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Eosinophilia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBENDAZOLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER ENZYME; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FOOD INTAKE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAT; MYOCARDITIS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

EID: 0036746556     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.706     Document Type: Article

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