Ascites with strongyloides stercoralis in a patient with acute alcoholic pancreatitis and liver cirrhosis

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 367-369

  Drug, Vasile ^a   Haliga, Raluca ^a   Akbar, Qasim ^a   Mihai, Catalina ^a   Prelipcean, Cristina Cijevschi ^a   Stanciu, Carol ^a  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Ascites; Liver cirrhosis; Strongyloides stercoralis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASCITES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PANCREATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 73949131872     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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