Liver, spleen, pancreas and kidney involvement by human fascioliasis: Imaging findings

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Zali, Mohammad Reza ^a   Ghaziani, Tahereh ^a,c   Shahraz, Saeed ^a   Hekmatdoost, Azita ^a   Radmehr, Ali ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Eosinophilia; Fasciola hepatica; Imaging

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; MELPHALAN; PREDNISOLONE; TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PANCREAS DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPLEEN DISEASE; ANIMAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PARASITOLOGY; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PANCREAS; SPLEEN;

EID: 10444265050     PISSN: 1471230X     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-4-15     Document Type: Article

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