Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 351-355 , September 1999

Common Presentations of Amebic Liver Abscess

Received 2 December 1998 ,Revised 30 March 1999 ,Accepted 17 May 1999.

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☆ From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center, * Loma Linda, CA; and the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, ‡ Los Angeles, CA.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 351-355 , September 1999

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