Review of 100 cases of intestinal amoebiasis in swat

Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 216-219

  Khan, Purdil ^a   Farooqi, Javed Iqbal ^a   Jan, Saeed ^a   Ali, Nisar ^a  

^a Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dysentery; Entamoeba histolytica; Intestinal amoebiasis

Indexed keywords

DILOXANIDE FUROATE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 23844513087     PISSN: 10135472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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