Hemostatic Dysfunction Is Increased in Patients with Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis Mansoni and Advanced Periportal Fibrosis

Hemostatic Dysfunction Is Increased in Patients with Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis Mansoni and Advanced Periportal Fibrosis

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease that affects the liver and in the severe hepatosplenic form results in periportal fibrosis. This disease is a major public health problem in Northeast Brazil. Our study aim was to evaluate whether abnormal blood coagulation and liver function tests in patients...

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Main Authors: Leite, Luiz Arthur Calheiros, Pimenta Filho, Adenor Almeida, da Fonseca, Caíque Silveira Martins, dos Santos, Bianka Santana, Ferreira, Rita de Cássia dos Santos, Montenegro, Silvia Maria Lucena, Lopes, Edmundo Pessoa, Domingues, Ana Lúcia Coutinho, Owen, James Stuart, Lima, Vera Lúcia de Menezes
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3715409/

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