Surveillance colonoscopy should be conducted in patients with colorectal shistosomiasis even after successful treatment of the disease

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 245-246

  Konishi, T ^a   Watanabe, T ^a   Shibahara, J ^a   Nagawa, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bladder; Coinfection; Corynebacterium urealyticum; E. coli; Encrusted cystitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 33646262314     PISSN: 03946320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/205873920601900127     Document Type: Letter

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