Gastrointestinal bleeding in the tropics: Look for the hookworm

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 48-51

  Sharma, Vishal ^a   Gunjan, Deepak ^b   Chhabra, Puneet ^c   Sharma, Ravi ^a   Rana, Surinder Singh ^a   Bhasin, Deepak Kumar ^c  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

endoscopy; gastrointestinal bleeding; Hookworm; melaena; obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; tropical

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; MALE; MELENA; MICROCYTOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLOR; TROPICS; WEAKNESS; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUODENUM; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006306819     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049475516640192     Document Type: Article

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