Clinical and serological study of human alveolar echinococcosis in Slovakia in relation to the outcome of chemotherapy

Helminthologia

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 213-219

  Kincekova J ^a   Hrckova G ^a   Auer, H ^b   Szilagyiova M ^c   Hudackova J ^d   Stanislayova M ^d   Polacek H ^b   Simekova K ^c  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d FNsP J A Reimanna   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; CT imaging; Echinococcus multilocularis; Serology

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

EID: 33847661975     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11687-006-0040-y     Document Type: Article

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