Amebic liver abscesses: Three years experience;Abscesos amebianos de hígado. Tres años de experiencia

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 268-272

  Nari, Gustavo A ^a,b   Ceballos Espinosa, R ^a   Carrera Ladron De Guevara S ^a   Preciado Vargas, J ^a   Cruz Valenciano, J L ^a   Briones Rivas, J L ^a   Moreno Hernandez F ^a   Gongora Ortega J ^a  

^a Hospital General Tercer Milenio   (Mexico)

^b Dpto B   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amoebic liver abscess; Early drainage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47049107877     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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