Amebiasis in infancy in the middle-high socioeconomic class in Istanbul, Turkey

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 929-930

  Ilikkan, Demet Yardimci ^a   Ilikkan, Barbaros ^a,b   Vural, Mehmet ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Infancy; Light microscopy; Middle high socioeconomic class

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY HISTORY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 26944446129     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000180975.61174.ef     Document Type: Article

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