Hematuria in children due to schistosomiasis in a nonendemic setting

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-181

  Summer, Andrea P ^a   Stauffer, William ^b   Maroushek, Stacene R ^c,d   Nevins, Thomas E ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MALE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SOMALIA;

EID: 33645987014     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280604500210     Document Type: Article

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