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Original Article

Prognostic indications of the failure to treat amoebic liver abscesses

Martín Sánchez-AguilarDepartment of Experimental SurgeryFaculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, MexicoCorrespondence[email protected]
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Onofre Morán-MendozaDepartment of Clinical EpidemiologyFaculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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Miguel F Herrera-HernándezDepartment of SurgeryInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición ‘Salvador Zubirán’, Mexico
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Juan Francisco Hernández-SierraDepartment of Clinical EpidemiologyFaculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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Peter B MandevilleDepartment of Clinical EpidemiologyFaculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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J Humberto Tapia-PérezDepartment of Clinical EpidemiologyFaculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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Martín Sánchez-ReynaDepartment of Clinical EpidemiologyFaculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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José Juan Sánchez-RodríguezDepartment of Clinical EpidemiologyFaculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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Antonio Gordillo-MoscosoDepartment of Clinical EpidemiologyFaculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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Pages 232-237 | Published online: 12 Nov 2013

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