Eosinophilic leukaemoid reaction and myocardial involvement in a male adolescent with Toxocara canis infection.

J Paediatr Child Health

Second Department of Paediatrics, "P. & A. Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Athens, Greece.

Published: June 2021

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