Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 102, Issue 10 , Pages 990-996 , October 2008

Treatment of angiostrongyliasis

  • Kanlayanee Sawanyawisuth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
    • ,
  • Kittisak Sawanyawisuth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +66 43 363 664; fax: +66 43 347 542.

Received 11 January 2008 ,Revised 16 April 2008 ,Accepted 16 April 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.04.021

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 102, Issue 10 , Pages 990-996 , October 2008

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