Edema and the tropics;Ödeme und tropen

Therapeutische Umschau

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 671-678

  Holzer, Benedikt R ^a  

^a Facharzt fur Allgemeine Medizin FMH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE; PLANT TOXIN; PYRIDOXINE; TOXIN;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BERIBERI; COLD INJURY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EATING HABIT; ECONOMY CLASS SYNDROME; EDEMA; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FILARIA; FLUID RETENTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KWASHIORKOR; LARVA; LUNG EDEMA; LYMPHEDEMA; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PODOCONIOSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TROPICS; VIRUS INFECTION; WALKING; ADULT; CASE REPORT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOIASIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 8744269275     PISSN: 00405930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930.61.11.671     Document Type: Review

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