Urinary schistosomiasis in a Japanese man

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 563-566

  Tambo, Mitsuhiro ^a   Fujimoto, Kiyohide ^a   Inoue, Takeshi ^a   Tomioka, Atsushi ^a   Tanaka, Yozo ^a   Hirao, Yoshihiko ^a   Yoshikawa, Masahide ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Soluble egg antigen; Urinary schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CASE REPORT; CYSTOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADULT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA;

EID: 4043066449     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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