Amoebiasis

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9362, 2003, Pages 1025-1034

  Stanley Jr , Samuel L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEHYDROEMETINE; DIIODOHYDROXYQUIN; DILOXANIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN; PHENOBARBITAL; TINIDAZOLE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AMEBIASIS; ATAXIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG INDICATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FLATULENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVER ABSCESS; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROTOXICITY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY;

EID: 0037460789     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12830-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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