Case 4-2003: A 42-year-old woman with cough, fever, and abnormalities on thoracoabdominal computed tomography

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 447-455

  Baden, Lindsey R ^a   Elliott, Danielle D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CYST; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COUGHING; CYST; DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEVER; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; COUGH; CYSTS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037472935     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc020027     Document Type: Article

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