Acute abdomen secondary to ascaris lumbricoides infestation of the small bowel

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 505-507

  Schulze, Scott Michael ^a,b   Chokshi, R J ^a   Edavettal, M ^a   Tarasov, E ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; SMALL INTESTINE; ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MEBENDAZOLE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINE, SMALL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEBENDAZOLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23244432197     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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