Pentastomiasis (Armillifer armillatus infestation)

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 10 I, 2007, Pages 928-930

  du Plessis, Vicci ^a   Birnie, Andrew J ^b   Eloff, Ivor ^c   Reuter, Helmuth ^d   Andronikou, Savvas ^e,f  

^a GREY'S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Stellenbosch ^*

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMILLIFER ARMILLATUS; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; HEPATOGRAPHY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER GRANULOMA; MALE; MIGRATION; PARASITE; PENTASTOMIASIS; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SNAKE; SOUTH AFRICA; WORM INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CALCINOSIS; DIET; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NIGERIA; NYMPH; SNAKES;

EID: 35649020764     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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