Filariasis in a child from southern Turkey: A case report

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 152-154

  Cengiz, Nurcan ^a   Savaş, Lütü ^a   Uslu, Yasemin ^a   Anarat, Ali ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Edema; Elephantiasis; Filariasis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; HEMOGLOBIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG FEVER; DRY SKIN; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FILARIASIS; GIRL; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LEG EDEMA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVESTOCK; MICROFILARIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URTICARIA;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; EDEMA; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; TURKEY;

EID: 33746083240     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: 00414301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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