Observation of deworming process in intestinal Diphyllobothrium latum parasitism by Gastrografin injection into jejunum through double-balloon enteroscope

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2149-2150

  Ko, Shigeru B H ^a   Ohmiya, Naoki ^a   Nakamura, Masanao ^a   Honda, Wataru ^a   Shirai, Osamu ^a   Takenaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Niwa, Yasumasa ^a   Goto, Hidemi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE;

ADULT; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIASIS; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEJUNUM; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLEX; WORM EXPULSION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIASIS; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; JEJUNAL DISEASES;

EID: 49349117741     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_11.x     Document Type: Letter

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