Bancroftian filariasis: The reverse of the organic disease;Filariose bancroftiana: O reverso das alteraçöes orgânicas

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 227-231

  Dreyer, Gerusa ^a   Noröes, Joaquim ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Filarial disease; Psychological disabilities; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442420105     PISSN: 00472085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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