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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1978-5-17
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pubmed:abstractText |
The latex agglutination test for amoebiasis was done in 50 Pakistani patients in whom a clinical diagnosis of chronic non-supparative amoebic hepatitis was made on the basis of liver enlargement associated with chronic recurrent abdominal disturbance. The serological test was negative in 32 (64%) and positive in 18 (36%). Examination of stool specimens showed a higher frequency of E. histolytica in serology positive patients. The liver biopsy findings were variable and included normal histology in 40 percent and non-specific changes in another 34 per cent of the patients. There was evidence of early abscess formation in one patient with a strongly positive serological reaction. Chronic liver enlargements in this region form a heterogenous group and the existence of chronic non-suppurative amoebic hepatitis as a clinico-pathological entity remains doubtful.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jan
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pubmed:issn |
0022-5304
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
81
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
13-5
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:204801-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:204801-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:204801-Chronic Disease,
pubmed-meshheading:204801-Entamoeba histolytica,
pubmed-meshheading:204801-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:204801-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:204801-Latex Fixation Tests,
pubmed-meshheading:204801-Liver,
pubmed-meshheading:204801-Liver Abscess, Amebic,
pubmed-meshheading:204801-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:204801-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:204801-Pakistan
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pubmed:year |
1978
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Latex agglutination test for amoebiasis in Pakistani patients with chronic 'obscure' liver enlargements.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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