Parasitic diseases in the abdomen: Imaging findings

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-132

  Lim, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Anisakiasis; Ascariasis; Clonorchiasis; Echinococcosis; Opisthorchiasis; Parasites; Schistosomiasis; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CLONORCHIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAUNDICE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER DISEASE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TOXOCARIASIS; TRAVEL;

ABDOMEN; BILIARY TRACT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARASITIC DISEASES; PERITONEAL CAVITY;

EID: 41949104357     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-007-9323-0     Document Type: Article

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