Liver abscess in the tropics: An experience from Nepal

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 425-429

  Karki, Prahlad ^a   Ansari, J A ^a   Koirala, S ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CARCINOMA; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEPAL; REVIEW; TROPICS;

EID: 4544251890     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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