Endoscopic extraction of living fasciola hepatica: Case report and literature review

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-77

  Özer, Birol ^a   Serin, Ender ^a   Gümürdülü, Yüksel ^a   Gür, Gürden ^b   Yilmaz, Uǧur ^b   Boyacioǧlu, Sedat ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cholangitis; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatograpy; Fasciola hepatica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038665406     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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