Pseudo-tumor of the lung, a rare clinical presentation of dirofilariasis

Presse Medicale

Volumn 34, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 109-110

  Hemmersbach Miller, M ^a,b   Delmont, J ^b   Hours, C ^b   Brouqui, Philippe ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIROFILARIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG PSEUDOTUMOR; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 13244264727     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0755-4982(05)88239-9     Document Type: Article

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