Gastrodiscoides hominis infection in a Nigerian - Case report

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-186

  Dada Adegbola, H O ^a   Falade, C O ^a   Oluwatoba, O A ^a   Abiodun, O O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Gastrodiscoides hominis; Malnutrition; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTRODISCOIDES HOMINIS; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHILIPPINES; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SWINE; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

EID: 4043131060     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v23i2.28116     Document Type: Article

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