Susceptibility to Periportal (Symmers) Fibrosis in HumanSchistosoma mansoniInfections: Evidence That Intensity and Duration of Infection, Gender, and Inherited Factors Are Critical in Disease Progression
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- 1 October 1999
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 180 (4) , 1298-1306
- https://doi.org/10.1086/314999
Abstract
Lethal disease in Schistosoma mansoni infections is mostly due to portal hypertension caused by hepatic periportal fibrosis. To evaluate the factorsKeywords
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