Value of microscopy in the diagnosis of dysentery associated with invasive Entamoeba histolytica.

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Published in J Clin Pathol on March 01, 1994

Authors

A González-Ruiz1, R Haque, A Aguirre, G Castañón, A Hall, F Guhl, G Ruiz-Palacios, M A Miles, D C Warhurst

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1: Department of Medical Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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