Evaluation of splenomegaly in the hepatosplenic form of mansonic schistosomiasis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-186

  Maia, Murilo D ^a   Lopes, Edmundo P A ^a   Ferraz, Álvaro Antonio B ^b   Barros, Fábio M R ^a   Domingues, Ana Lúcia C ^a   Ferraz, Edmundo M ^b  

^a the Hospital das   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Portal hypertension; Schistosomiasis mansoni; Splenectomy; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

ENDOPARASITE; FLATWORM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34047117812     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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