Cystic echinococcosis of the liver: Experience from a Danish Tertiary Reference Center (2002-2010)

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-34

  Branci, Sonia ^a   Ewertsen, Caroline ^a   Thybo, Søren ^a   Nielsen, Henrik V ^b   Jensen, Flemming ^a   Wettergren, André ^a   Larsen, Peter N ^a   Bygbjerg, Ib C ^a,c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CYST ASPIRATION; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIZZINESS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; LIVER HYDATID CYST; NAUSEA; PUNCTURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; CYSTS; DENMARK; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855505063     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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