Intestinal parasites in children with neoplasms

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-132

  Aksoy, Ümit ^a   Erbay, Ayşe ^b   Akisu, Çiler ^a   Apa, Hurşit ^b   Özkoç, Soykan ^a   Öztürk, Sevinç ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Behcet Uz Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Intestinal parasites; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; FORMALDEHYDE; LUGOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE PARASITE; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINES; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038262871     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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