Toxocariasis of the liver: Visceral larva migrans

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-156

  Lim, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CT; Eosinophilic infiltration; Liver disease; MR; Parasites; Toxocariasis; US; Visceral larva migrans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TOXOCARIASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 41949131930     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-007-9325-y     Document Type: Article

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