Giardia lamblia infection diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 363-365

  Carter, J Elliot ^a   Nelson, John J ^a   Eves, Matthew ^b   Boudreaux, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mobile Infirmary Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Endoscopic; Giardia lamblia; Protozoa; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS TUMOR; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TROPHOZOITES;

EID: 34249738534     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20636     Document Type: Article

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