Pulmonary parasitosis: Applied clinical and therapeutic issues

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-29

  Ibrahim Sensar, Sameh ^a   Elnahas, Hala Ahmed ^a   Mohammed Saleh, Abdel Basset ^a   Moussa, Sherif Abdou ^a   Abdel Ghafar, Wael A ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bilharsiasis; Hydatids; Pulmonary parasitosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DECORTICATION; DYSPNEA; EMPYEMA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG HYDATID CYST; LUNG LOBE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 33644817130     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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