Diagnosis and treatment of hepatic echinococcosis: an overview.

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Published in Scand J Gastroenterol Suppl on January 01, 2004

Authors

H G Schipper1, P A Kager

Author Affiliations

1: Dept. of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and AIDS, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. h.g.schipper@amc.uva.nl

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