Tropical lymphedemas - Control and prevention

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1169-1171

  Molyneux, David H ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELEPHANTIASIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MICROFILARIA; NEMATODE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PODOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRACHOMA;

EID: 84859097437     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1202011     Document Type: Article

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