Gnathostomiasis: Clinicopathologic Study

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-95

  Magaña, Mario ^a,c   Messina, Maud ^b   Bustamante, Fausto ^b   Cazarín, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Hospital General de Tepic   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic panniculitis; Eosinophilic vasculitis; Gnathostomiasis; Nodular migratory panniculitis; Panniculitis; Parasitic diseases; Wells syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FISH; FURUNCULOSIS; GNATHOSTOMIASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LARVA MIGRANS; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; PANNICULITIS; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EDEMA; VASCULITIS; WEBER CHRISTIAN PANNICULITIS; WELLS SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GNATHOSTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 1842510053     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200404000-00001     Document Type: Article

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