Erratum: Irritable bowel syndrome: Is it associated with genotypes of Blastocystis hominis (Parasitology Research (2010); 106: 10331038 DOI 10.1007/s00436-010-1761-x);Irritable bowel syndrome: Is it associated with genotypes of blastocystis hominis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1033-1038

  Yakoob, Javed ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^a   Beg, Mohammad Asim ^b   Abbas, Zaigham ^a   Naz, Shagufta ^a   Islam, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Rustam ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS;

EID: 77953286448     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2567-1     Document Type: Erratum

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