A case of lower gastrointestinal bleeding and small bowel tumorous masses

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 800-802

  Bitar, Mireille ^a   Strauchen, James A ^a   Sequeira, Rodrigo J ^c   Wu, Maoxin ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; LEVAMISOLE; TECHNETIUM; TIABENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOSTRONGYLOSIS; ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LAPAROTOMY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITOSIS; SCINTISCANNING; SMALL INTESTINE; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MEBENDAZOLE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19544375597     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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