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Echinococcus of the Liver Treated with Laparoscopic Hepatectomy

Echinococcosis or hydatid disease is endemic to many countries around the world where livestock, mainly sheep and cattle, are raised with dogs who act as the definitive hosts for the adult phase of the echinococcal tapeworm. We report a case of a man, age 22 years, who emigrated from Kyrgyzstan as a...

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Main Authors: Foster, Erina N, Hertz, Gabor
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Permanente Journal 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2912090/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20740117
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