Pediatric fascioliasis: Report of three cases

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-54

  Kabaalioǧlu, Adnan ^a   Çeken, Kaǧan ^a   Saba, Rabin ^a   Artan, Reha ^a   Çevikol, Can ^a   Yilmaz, Saim ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bile ducts; Computed tomography; Fascioliasis; Liver; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM INFECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037235211     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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