Amoebic liver abscess [1]

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 291-292

  Amarapurkar, D N ^a   Patel, N ^a   Amarapurkar, A D ^b  

^a BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE HEPATITIS; AMEBIASIS; BRAIN DISEASE; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER AMEBIASIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0041669374     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(03)00235-6     Document Type: Letter

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