Improvement of routine diagnosis of intestinal parasites with multiple sampling and SAF-fixative in the Triple-Faeces-Test

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-366

  Vandenberg, Olivier ^a,b   Van Laethem, Yves ^a   Souayah, Hichem ^a   Kutane, Waltaji Terfa ^c   Van Gool, Tom ^d,e   Dediste, Anne ^a  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Harbour Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITOSIS;

ANIMALS; FECES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 33846960782     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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