Hookworm Infection Detected by Capsule Endoscopy in a Young Man With Iron Deficiency

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kalli, Theodora ^a   Karamanolis, George ^a   Triantafyllou, Konstantinos ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; PARASITE EXAMINATION;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; HEMATINICS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEBENDAZOLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952899134     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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