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A case of complicated cerebral toxocariasis in a 4-year old child

Helminthologia
Volume 45 (2008): Issue 4 (December 2008)
By: J. Kinčeková,  P. Bánovčin,  M. Fedor,  P. Dubinský,  H. Poláček,  J. Pavlinová and  K. Šimeková  
Open Access
|Jan 2009

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-008-0034-z | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
Page range: 169 - 172
Published on: Jan 11, 2009
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
cerebral toxocariasis,
larval toxocariasis,
magnetic resonance,
diagnostics
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

© 2009 J. Kinčeková, P. Bánovčin, M. Fedor, P. Dubinský, H. Poláček, J. Pavlinová, K. Šimeková, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
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