A study of parasitic infections in the luminal contents and tissue sections of appendix specimens

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-172

  Pasupati, Thanikachalam M ^a   Yothasamutr, Kasemsuk ^a   Wah, Mak Joon ^a   Sherif, Sharifah Emilia Tuan ^b   Palayan, Kandasamy ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b Pathology Dept Hospital Patu Pahat   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; STOMACH JUICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; MALE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449089072     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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