Diagnostic imaging in sheep hepatic fascioliasis: Ultrasound, computer tomography and magnetic resonance findings

Parasitology Research

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 359-364

  Gonzalo Orden, M ^a   Millan L ^a   Alvarez M ^a   Sanchez Campos S ^a   Jimenez R ^b   Gonzalez Gallego J ^a   Tunon M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HEPATIC DUCT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER NODULE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SHEEP DISEASE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANIMALIA; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; OVIS ARIES; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0042161873     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-0866-x     Document Type: Article

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