Clinical Evaluation of Toxocariasis Presenting as a Liver Abscess |
Joo, Dong-Wook
(Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine)
Kim, Byung-Seok (Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine) Ha, Kyung-Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine) Park, Kyoung-Chan (Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine) Ryu, Jung-Il (Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine) Lee, Chang-Hyeong (Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine) |
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