Helminthic diseases in the abdomen: An epidemiologic and radiologic overview

Radiographics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 253-267

  Ortega, Cinthia D ^a   Ogawa, Nilson Y ^a   Rocha, Manoel S ^a   Blasbalg, Roberto ^a   Caiado, Angela H Motoyama ^a   Warmbrand, Gisele ^a   Cerri, Giovanni Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABDOMEN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONALITY; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE;

EID: 77950117038     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.301095092     Document Type: Article

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