Attempts to prevent post-ivermectin loa-encephalopathy by giving a low initial dose of the drug;Essai de prevention des encephalopathies a loa loa post-ivermectine par l'administration d'une faible dose initiale

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 275-277

  Boussinesq, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ivennectin; Loiasis encephalopathy; Onchocerciasis

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAMEROON; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LOA; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BRAIN DISEASES; CAMEROON; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; IVERMECTIN; LOA; LOIASIS; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITEMIA;

EID: 0012005525     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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