Case of megaloblastic anemia caused by intestinal taeniasis

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 487-488

  Vuylsteke, Peter ^a   Bertrand, Celine ^a   Verhoef, Gregor E G ^a   Vandenberghe, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Megaloblastic anemia; Taeniasis

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; INTRINSIC FACTOR; NICLOSAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM; EUTROPHIA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHILLING TEST; TAENIA; TAENIASIS;

ANEMIA, MEGALOBLASTIC; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NICLOSAMIDE; TAENIASIS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 3042858770     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-003-0839-2     Document Type: Article

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