Acute attacks in the extremities of persons living in an area endemic for bancroftian filariasis: differentiation of two syndromes
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- 1 July 1999
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 93 (4) , 413-417
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(99)90140-2
Abstract
The natural history of lymphatic disease in human filariasis remains unclear, but recurrent episodes of acute lymphangitis are believed to constituteKeywords
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