Clinical profile of children with moderate-to-severe eosinophilia presenting to a tertiary hospital in Nepal

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 232-234

  Shrestha, Shrijana ^a   Timila, Dipsal ^a   Karki, Utkarsh ^a   Shrestha, Ashis ^a   Bhandary, Shital ^a  

^a Patan Academy of Health Sciences   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MALE; NEPAL; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ASCITES; CHILD; COUGH; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; PARASITIC DISEASES; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84873964416     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2012.120284     Document Type: Article

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