Human fascioliasis

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 27-34

  Saba, Rabin ^a,c   Korkmaz, Metin ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Patoloji Anabilim Dali   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BITHIONOL; NITAZOXANIDE; PREDNISOLONE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TRICLABENDAZOLE; WATER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BILIARY COLIC; CLIMATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRINKING; DRUG EFFICACY; EATING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; LIFE CYCLE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PLANT; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SEROLOGY; SIDE EFFECT; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME; URTICARIA; VOMITING; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 15044346384     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-4399(05)80004-2     Document Type: Review

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