Fecal occult blood test and gastrointestinal parasitic infection

Journal of Parasitology Research

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wakid, Majed H ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILOMASTIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA HARTMANNI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TAENIA SAGINATA; TRICHURIS;

PROTOZOA; VERMES;

EID: 79955381076     PISSN: 20900023     EISSN: 20900031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/434801     Document Type: Article

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