Family occurrence of schistosomal hepatosplenomegaly and maternal effect

In this paper we present a study of members of 265 nuclear families, aged six or more. This study is based of family heredograms, and takes into account the clinical form ofschistosomiasis observed before treatment with oxamniquine. The probability of occurrence of two or more cases ofhepatosplenome...

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Main Authors: José Tavares-Neto, Aluizio Prata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1989-03-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821989000100003