Unusual Case of Hookworm Presenting as Acute Surgical Abdomen

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Baltz, Joseph G ^a   Mishra, Rajnish ^a   Yeaton, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; PYRANTEL EMBONATE;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; ILEUM; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE;

EID: 58649094212     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.09.032     Document Type: Letter

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