Overview of hymenolepis diminuta infection among Thai patients

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NICLOSAMIDE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CESTODIASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; INFANT; LETHALITY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; THAILAND;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYMENOLEPIASIS; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND;

EID: 25144482400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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