Comparative clinical and ultrasound study of egg-negative and egg-positive individuals from Schistosoma mansoni low morbidity endemic areas, and hospitalized patients with hepatosplenic disease

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-37

  Magalhães, Telcia V B ^a   Gazzinelli, Giovanni ^a,g,h   Alvarez, Maria Carolina B ^a   Lima E Silva, F C ^a   Oliveira Fraga, Lucia Alves ^b   Silveira, Alda Maria S ^b   Gazzinelli, Andrea ^c   Bethony, Jeffrey ^e   LoVerde, Philip ^f   Caldas, Iramaya R ^g   Correa Oliveira, Rodrigo ^g   Prata, Aluízio ^d  

^a Hospital Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE VALE DO RIO DOCE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^g INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^h NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Periportal fibrosis; Schistosomiasis mansoni; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

OXAMNIQUINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN SIZE;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 19944432548     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822005000100007     Document Type: Article

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