Alveolar echinococcosis of the liver
By: by Junichi Uchino and Naoki Sato
Contributors: Satō, Naoki, 1950-
Series: Hokkaido University Medical Library series -- v. 30; Hokkaido University Medical Library series -- v. 30.
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Sapporo, Japan : Hokkaido University School of Medicine
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Hepatic Echinococcosis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology; title: Echinococcus Multilocularis in North America; title: Parasitology; title: Immunology; title: Rodent intermediate host models for alveolar      echinococcosis : biology and immunology; title: Pathology; title: Clinical features; title: Immunodiagnosis; title: Skin test (ST), complement fixation test (CFT), indirect haemagglutination test (IHA) and immunoelectrophoresis (IE); title: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and western blotting tests (WB); title: Clinical evaluation; title: Image diagnosis; title: X-ray; title: Ultrasonography (US) and Computed tomography (CT); title: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); title: Angiography; title: Cholangiography; title: Stage of the disease; title: Mass screening; title: Alveolar echinococcosis of liver in children; title: Treatment; title: Resection; title: Conservative treatment; title: Liver transplantation; title: Chemotherapy; title: Possibility of heat therapy on alveolar echinococcosis of the liver; title: Prognosis.