Measurement of serum levels of eosinophil cationic protein in the diagnosis of acute gastrointestinal anisakiasis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 453-457

  Dominguez Ortega J ^a   Martinez Alonso J C ^a   Alonso Llamazares, A ^b   Arguelles Grande C ^c   Chamorro, M ^b   Robledo, T ^b   Palacio, R ^b   Martinez Cocera C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA CONCHA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c Primary Care   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anisakiasis; Anisakis simplex; Eosinophil cationic protein; IgE; Intestinal obstruction

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANISAKIASIS; ANISAKIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; MEASUREMENT; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYMPTOM;

ANISAKIS SIMPLEX;

EID: 0037532662     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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