An unusual cause of cholecystitis: A worm in the bag

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 489-490

  Elaldi, N ^a   Turan, M ^a   Arslan, M ^a   Dokmetas, I ^a   Bakir, M ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFOTAXIME; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MEBENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLEDOCHOTOMY; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING; WORM EGG;

EID: 0141719406     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.5.489     Document Type: Article

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