Three cases of paragonimiasis in a family

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-285

  Sohn, Byeong Seok ^a   Bae, Yun Jeong ^a   Cho, You Sook ^a   Moon, Hee Bom ^a   Kim, Tae Bum ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Case report; Crab; Eosinophilia; Paragonimiasis; Paragonimus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MYALGIA; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS; PLEURA EFFUSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS;

ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GLYCINE MAX; PARAGONIMUS;

EID: 70349204498     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2009.47.3.281     Document Type: Article

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