Intestinal ascariasis in children

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 963-968

  Wani, Imtiaz ^a   Rather, Muddasir ^a   Naikoo, Ghulam ^a   Amin, Abid ^b   Mushtaq, Syed ^a   Nazir, Mir ^a  

^a SMHS Hospital   (India)

^b G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954703410     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0450-3     Document Type: Article

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