A ten year (1999-2008) retrospective study of amoebiasis in University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 262-266

  Farhana, F ^a   Jamaiah, I ^a   Rohela, M ^a   Abdul Aziz, N M ^a   Nissapatorn, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 74549181055     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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