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
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822010000200005