Infestation of the human kidney with Dioctophyma renale

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-73

  Ignjatovic, Ivan ^a,b   Stojkovic, Ivica ^a   Kutlesic, Cedo ^a   Tasic, Suzana ^a  

^a University Clinical Center   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER NIS   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Dioctophyma renale; Infestation; Kidney

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIOCTOPHYMA RENALE; ENOPLIDA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; KIDNEY INFECTION; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS;

EID: 0037257695     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067695     Document Type: Article

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