Clinical presentation and management of fasciola hepatica infection: Single-center experience

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 44, 2011, Pages 4899-4904

  Kaya, Muhsin ^a   Beştaş, Remzi ^a   Çetin, Sedat ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cholangitis; Fasciola hepatica; Liver abscesses; Pancreatitis; Triclabendazole

Indexed keywords

TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 83155177154     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i44.4899     Document Type: Article

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