The value of ultrasonography alone in screening surveys of cystic echinococcosis in children in Turkey

Parasitology International

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 273-275

  Kilimcioǧlu, Ali A ^a   Özkol, Mine ^a   Bayindir, Petek ^a   Girginkardeşler, Nogay ^a   Östan, Ipek ^a   Ok, Ülgen Z ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chest microfilm; Cystic echinococcosis; Echinococcus granulosus; Epidemiology; Serology; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY HYDATID CYST; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ULTRASOUND SCANNER; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TURKEY;

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 33750305282     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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