Incidence of toxoplasmosis in patients with cirrhosis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 452-454

  Ustun, Sebnem ^a   Aksoy, Umit ^b   Dagci, Hande ^a   Ersoz, Galip ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 1142299703     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i3.452     Document Type: Article

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