A New Model for Management of Mycetoma in the Sudan

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Fahal, Ahmed ^a   Mahgoub, El Sheikh ^a   EL Hassan, Ahmed Mohamed ^a   Abdel Rahman, Manar Elsheikh ^a   Alshambaty, Yassir ^b   Hashim, Ahmed ^a   Hago, Ali ^a   Zijlstra, Eduard E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b Bakht el Ruda University   (Sudan)

^c Rotterdam Centre for Tropical Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MODEL; MYCETOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUDAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCETOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDAN;

EID: 84920506942     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003271     Document Type: Article

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