Cryptosporidiosis and other intestinal parasitic infections in patients with chronic diarrhea

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1204-1207

  Mahdi, Nadham K ^a,b   Ali, Naael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

^b NONE   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILD; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; SMEAR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 5044236892     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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