Intrascrotal nodules in adult men as a marker for filarial granuloma in a bancroftian filariasis-endemic area

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 317-321

  Norões, Joaquim ^a,b   Figueredo Silva, José ^a,c   Dreyer, Gerusa ^a,d,e  

^a Organizacao Nao Governamental Amaury Coutinho Brazil   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Ciências da Saúde   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; BRAZIL; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG EFFICACY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRASCROTAL NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NODULE; SPERMATIC CORD; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 68549092546     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.317     Document Type: Article

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