Microscopic diagnosis of amebiasis: An obsolete method but necessary in the developing world;Diagnóstico microscópico de amibiasis: Método obsoleto pero necesario en el mundo en desarrollo

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 291-294

  Chacín Bonilla, Leonor ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMATOXYLIN; IRON;

AMEBIASIS; EDITORIAL; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; PROTOZOON; SMEAR;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84859085110     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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