Cystoscopy in the diagnosis and follow-up of urinary schistosomiasis in Brazilian soldiers returning from Mozambique, Africa

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-42

  Da Silva, Iran Mendonça ^a   Thiengo, Roberto ^b   Conceição, Maria José ^c,d   Rey, Luis ^c   Pereira Filho, Edson ^a   Ribeiro, Paulo Cesar ^a  

^a Instituto de Biologia do Exército   (Brazil)

^b Central Hospital of Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cystoscopy; Urinary schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOLDIER; TISSUE SECTION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33645034269     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652006000100008     Document Type: Article

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