Cystic echinococcosis in Central Saudi Arabia: A 5-year experience

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-27

  Fahim, Fraz ^a   Al Salamah, Saleh Mohammad ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Echinococcosis; Echinococcus granulosus; Hydatid cyst; Hydatidosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAUDI ARABIA; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; COUGH; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEBENDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 41149171123     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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