Dientamoeba fragilis: Possibly an important cause of persistent abdominal pain in children;Dientamoeba fragilis: Een mogelijk belangrijke oorzaak van persisterende buikpijn bij kinderen

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 148, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 575-579

  Bosman, D K ^a   Benninga, M A ^a   Van De Berg, P ^a   Kooijman, G C L ^a   Van Gool, T ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Havenziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIOQUINOL; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TINIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIENTAMOEBA; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642408477     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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