Hydatid cysts in the liver

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 565-566

  Yoshikawa, Masahide ^a   Hirai, Toshiko ^a   Ouji, Yukiteru ^a   Marugami, Naga Aki ^a   Toyohara, Masahisa ^a   Nishiofuku, Mariko ^a   Fukui, Hiroshi ^a   Shimada, Keiji ^a   Hirao, Tomoko ^b   Tsutsumi, Masahiro ^b   Ishizaka, Shige Aki ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Chuwa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosus; Imported parasitosis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CYST; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LUNG ASPIRATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER; PERU;

EID: 33646780612     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1695     Document Type: Article

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