Acute attacks in the extremities of persons living in an area endemic for bancroftian filariasis: differentiation of two syndromes

The natural history of lymphatic disease in human filariasis remains unclear, but recurrent episodes of acute lymphangitis are believed to constitute a major risk factor for the development of chronic lymphoedema and elephantiasis. Prospective analysis of 600 patients referred to the filariasis clin...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1999-07, Vol.93 (4), p.413-417
Hauptverfasser:	Dreyer, Gerusa, Medeiros, Zulma, Netto, Maria José, Leal, Nilma Cintra, de Castro, Luiz Gonzaga, Piessens, Will F.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Animals Biological and medical sciences Diagnosis, Differential Diseases caused by nematodes elephantiasis Elephantiasis, Filarial - diagnosis Elephantiasis, Filarial - therapy Female Filariases Helminthic diseases Humans hygiene Infectious diseases lymphangitis Lymphangitis - parasitology Lymphatic filariases lymphatic filariasis lymphoedema Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Parasitic diseases Prospective Studies Recurrence Syndrome Tropical medicine Wuchereria bancrofti
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