Association between local alcoholic beverages and amoebic liver abscess in the Indian subcontinent: Weird but true!

Many studies from the Indian subcontinent have revealed a strong association between amoebic liver abscess and consumption of toddy – an alcoholic beverage containing fermented palm juice. This article discusses the issues related to this potentially important problem so that appropriate preventive...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Ramesh, Jha, Ashish K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6586571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31276047
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12137
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Sumario:Many studies from the Indian subcontinent have revealed a strong association between amoebic liver abscess and consumption of toddy – an alcoholic beverage containing fermented palm juice. This article discusses the issues related to this potentially important problem so that appropriate preventive steps can be taken. [Image: see text]

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