Giardia lamblia infections become clinically evident by eliciting symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome

Journal of Infection

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 169-172

  D'Anchino, Marco ^a   Orlando, Dante ^b   De Feudis, Lucrezia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b St Massimo Hospital   (Italy)

^c Internal Med Unit 2 Pescara Hosp   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; MEDAZEPAM; MEFLOQUINE; METRONIDAZOLE; SULPIRIDE; TINIDAZOLE; TRIMEBUTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036821896     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(02)91038-8     Document Type: Article

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