A 36-year old chinese main with high fever, abdominal pain, watery diarrihea, and myalgia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Ross, Allen G ^a   Hou, Xun Ya ^c   Chen, Si Xi ^c   McManus, Donald P ^b   Li, Yuesheng ^b,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Molecular Parasitology Unit   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MYALGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

EID: 77951019148     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651600     Document Type: Article

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