Effect of intestinal helminthiasis on intestinal permeability of early primary schoolchildren

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 666-669

  Mahendra Raj, S ^a   Sein, K T ^a   Khairul Anuar, A ^b   Mustaffa, B E ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ascariasis; Ascaris lumbricoides; Hookworm; Intestinal permeability; Trichuriasis; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; LACTULOSE; MANNITOL;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 12644253828     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90425-3     Document Type: Article

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