Hymenolepis nana in a renal transplant recipient: To treat or not to treat?

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-260

  Syafinaz, A N ^a   Hamat, R A ^a   Malina, O ^a   Siti, Norbaya M ^a   Niazlin, M T ^a   Jamal, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hymenolepis nana; Intestinal parasite; Renal transplant; Transplant recipient

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; ERTAPENEM; MEROPENEM; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYST; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIASIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYMENOLEPIASIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 80054117364     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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