Clinical significance and prevalence of blastocystis hominis in Van, Turkey

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1118-1121

  Beyhan, Yunus E ^a   Yilmaz, Hasan ^a   Cengiz, Zeynep T ^a   Ekici, Abdurrahman ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANUS PRURITUS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PREVALENCE; SALIVA; SYMPTOM; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; TURKEY;

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

EID: 84940663625     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.9.12444     Document Type: Article

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