Opisthorchiasis and Hypophyseal Thyroid System Abnormality: Actual Problem or Coincidence
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Opisthorchiasis and Hypophyseal Thyroid System Abnormality: Actual Problem or Coincidence
Dear Editor, the liver fluke infestation caused by Opisthorchis viverrini, infection is very common in tropical Southeast Asia. This infection can cause chronic liver problem and can induced the carcinogenesis at hepatobiliary system. The long term chronic opisthorchiasis is proved as an important cause of the hepatobiliary cancer namely cholangiocacinoma. The patient with cholangiocarcinoma us...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neuroinfectious Diseases
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2314-7326
DOI: 10.4172/2314-7326.1000263