Reversal of liver fibrosis after splenectomy in a patient with advanced schistosomiasis japonica: A case report with 4-year follow-up

Langui Song; Beibei Zhang; Jiahua Liu; Min Wang; Xiaohe Ma; Lifu Wang; Xiaoying Wu; Zhongdao Wu; Tianping Wang

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007174

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Reversal of liver fibrosis after splenectomy in a patient with advanced schistosomiasis japonica: A case report with 4-year follow-up

Langui Song,

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Biological Vector Control, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Beibei Zhang,

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Biological Vector Control, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Jiahua Liu,

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Biological Vector Control, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Min Wang,

Affiliation Anhui Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Xiaohe Ma,

Affiliation Anhui Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Lifu Wang,

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Biological Vector Control, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Xiaoying Wu,

Affiliation Anhui Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Zhongdao Wu ,

* E-mail: wuzhd@mail.sysu.edu.cn (ZW); wangtianping@hotmail.com (TW)

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Biological Vector Control, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5879-9757

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Tianping Wang

* E-mail: wuzhd@mail.sysu.edu.cn (ZW); wangtianping@hotmail.com (TW)

Affiliation School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Reversal of liver fibrosis after splenectomy in a patient with advanced schistosomiasis japonica: A case report with 4-year follow-up

Langui Song,
Beibei Zhang,
Jiahua Liu,
Min Wang,
Xiaohe Ma,
Lifu Wang,
Xiaoying Wu,
Zhongdao Wu,
Tianping Wang

Published: April 11, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007174

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