Fascioliasis: A report of five cases presenting with common bile duct obstruction

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-19

  Gulsen, M T ^a   Savas, M C ^a   Koruk, M ^a   Kadayifci, A ^a   Demirci, F ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Extrahepatic cholestasis; Fasciola hepatica; Fascioliasis; Parasitosis

Indexed keywords

TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; SPHINCTEROTOMY; TREMATODE;

AGED; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 31644448431     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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