Severe hepatosplenic schistosomiasis: Clinicopathologic study of 102 cases undergoing splenectomy

Human Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-119

  Li, Yuesheng ^a,b   Chen, Dongliang ^a   Ross, Allen G ^c   Burke, Melissa L ^b   Yu, Xinling ^a   Li, Robert S ^b   Zhou, Jie ^a   McManus, Donald P ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hepatic fibrosis; Hepatic histopathology; Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis; Schistosomiasis japonica; Splenectomy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATOSPLENIC SCHISTOSOMIASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 78649992211     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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