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Review
. 2015 Aug 24;6(2):41-43.
doi: 10.1002/cld.488. eCollection 2015 Aug.

Amebic liver abscess

Judith A Anesi  1 , Stephen Gluckman  1
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Review

Amebic liver abscess

Judith A Anesi et al. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). .
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Life cycle of Entamoeba histolytica. Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, DPDx (http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/amebiasis/biology.html). [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available at wileyonlinelibrary.com.]
Figure 2
Figure 2
Ultrasound image of an amebic liver abscess. From UltrasoundCases.Info (http://www.ultrasoundcases.info/Slide-View.aspx?cat=141&case=3082). Permission to re‐publish granted by Taco Geertsma (author@ultrasoundcases.info).
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