Clinical features and evolution of alveolar echinococcosis in France from 1982 to 2007: results of a survey in 387 patients.

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Published in J Hepatol on February 25, 2011

Authors

Martine Piarroux1, Renaud Piarroux, Roch Giorgi, Jenny Knapp, Karine Bardonnet, Bertrand Sudre, Jérôme Watelet, Jérôme Dumortier, Alain Gérard, Jean Beytout, Armand Abergel, Georges Mantion, Dominique A Vuitton, Solange Bresson-Hadni

Author Affiliations

1: TheMA, UMR CNRS 6049, Université de Franche-Comté, 25030 Besançon, France.

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