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Infection of the biliary passages with CLONORCHIS SINENSIS, also called Opisthorchis sinensis. It may lead to inflammation of the biliary tract, proliferation of biliary epithelium, progressive portal fibrosis, and sometimes bile duct carcinoma. Extension to the liver may lead to fatty changes and cirrhosis. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
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- Clonorchis Infection
- Clonorchis sinensis Infection
- Opisthorchis sinensis Infection
- Clonorchiases
- Clonorchis Infections
- Clonorchis sinensis Infections
- Infection, Clonorchis
- Infection, Clonorchis sinensis
- Infection, Opisthorchis sinensis
- Opisthorchis sinensis Infections
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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trematode infect caused by CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; OPISTHORCHIS SINENSIS infection = CLONORCHIASIS, not OPISTHORCHIASIS which is Opisthorchis infect by Opisthorchis species other than O. sinensis
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- National Library of Medicine. Clonorchiasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003003. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003003
- Clonorchiasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonorchiasis
- Clonorchiasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1102300