Comparison between clinical and ultrasonographic findings in cases of periportal fibrosis in an endemic area for schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil Comparação entre achados clínicos e ultrassonográficos no diagnóstico da fibrose periportal em uma área endêmica de esquistossomose no Brasil

Comparison between clinical and ultrasonographic findings in cases of periportal fibrosis in an endemic area for schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil Comparação entre achados clínicos e ultrassonográficos no diagnóstico da fibrose periportal em uma área endêmica de esquistossomose no Brasil

INTRODUCTION: Abdominal palpation and ultrasound findings among patients from an endemic area for schistosomiasis in Brazil who had been followed up for 27 years were compared. METHODS: In 2004, 411 patients from Brejo do Espírito Santo, in the State of Bahia, were selected for the present investiga...

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Main Authors: Aluízio Prata, Raiza Ruiz-Guevara, Carlos Mauricio de Figueiredo Antunes, Carolina Coimbra Marinho, Leonardo Campos Queiroz, Izabela Voieta, José Roberto Lambertucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2010-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Esquistossomose
Ultrassom abdominal
Exame clínico
Fibrose periportal
Schistosomiasis
Abdominal ultrasound
Clinical examination
Periportal fibrosis
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