A case of subcutaneous sparganosis: Therapeutic assessment by an indirect immunofluorescence antibody titration using sections of the worm body obtained from the patient [6]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 369-371

  Kimura, S ^a   Kashima, M ^a   Kawa, Y ^a   Nakamura, F ^b   Nawa, Y ^b   Takai, K ^a   Mizoguchi, M ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CESTODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIASIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BIOPSY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SPARGANOSIS; SPARGANUM;

EID: 0037325971     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05097_6.x     Document Type: Letter

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