A mechanism for chronic filarial hydrocele with implications for its surgical repair

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Norões, Joaquim ^a,b,c   Dreyer, Gerusa ^b,c,d  

^a Federal University of Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c Organizacao Nao Governamental Amaury Coutinho Brazil   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXCISION; FILARIASIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCELE; HYDROCELECTOMY; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUNICA VAGINALIS; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; PATHOLOGY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; RECURRENCE; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 77957006237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000695     Document Type: Article

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