Cystic echinococcosis of the heart and brain: A case report

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Aleksić Shihabia, Anka ^a   Vidolin, Edvin Paro ^a  

^a Sibenik General Hospital   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cardiac hydatid cyst; Cerebral hydatid cyst; Diagnosis; Hydatidosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ECHINOCOCCUS;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57049117057     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: 0386300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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