Intestinal Schistosomiasis Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Case Report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3502-3504

  Ahmed, K ^a   Safdar, K ^a   Kemmer, N ^a   Atiq, M ^a   Wang, J ^a   Neff, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MEKONGI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CALCINOSIS; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUM; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTES; OVIPOSITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 37049024284     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.07.093     Document Type: Article

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