Ileocecal masses in patients with amebic liver abscess: Etiology and management

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1933-1936

  Misra, Sri Prakash ^a   Misra, Vatsala ^a   Dwivedi, Marisha ^a  

^a MLN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Ameboma; Colon; Colonoscopy; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CECUM CANCER; CECUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLON ULCER; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUM DISEASE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33646006073     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i12.1933     Document Type: Article

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