Infection with gnathostoma spinigerum as a cause of eosinophilic oesophagitis;Infektion mit gnathostoma spinigerum als ursache einer eosinophilen ösophagitis

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 129, Issue 38, 2004, Pages 1973-1975

  Müller Stöver, Irmela ^a,b   Richter, J ^a   Haussinger D ^a  

^a Tropenmedizinische Ambulanz   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GNATHOSTOMA SPINIGERUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THELAZIA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; TRAVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGITIS; GNATHOSTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 4644240853     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-831835     Document Type: Article

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