Hypocholesterolemia in patients with an amebic liver abscess

Gut and Liver

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 415-420

  Flores, María S ^a   Obregoń Cárdenas, Adriana ^a   Tamez, Eva ^b   Rodriǵuez, Elba ^b   Arev́alo, Katiushka ^a   Quintero, Isela ^a   Tijerina, Rolando ^b   Bosques, Francisco ^b   Galań, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b Medicina UANL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amebic abscess; Cholesterol; Entamoeba histolytica; Hypocholesterolemia; Invasive amebiasis

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ANTIAMEBIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER AMEBIASIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMEBICIDES; CHOLESTEROL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903698390     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2014.8.4.415     Document Type: Article

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