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Amoebic, Ascariasis and Other Parasitic and Infectious Enteritis

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  1. SONOSCAN Ultrasonic Scan Centre, 15B Venkatachalam Road, 641 002, Coimbatore Tamil Nadu, India

    S. Boopathy Vijayaraghavan MD, DMRD

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  1. Department of Clinical Sciences, ‘L. Sacco’ University Hospital, Via G. B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milano, Italy

    Giovanni Maconi MD (Chair of Gastroenterology) & Gabriele Bianchi Porro MD, PhD (Chair of Gastroenterology) & 

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Vijayaraghavan, S.B. (2007). Amoebic, Ascariasis and Other Parasitic and Infectious Enteritis. In: Maconi, G., Porro, G.B. (eds) Ultrasound of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49841-4_14

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