Preoperative albendazole treatment for liver hydatid disease decreases the viability of the cyst

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 877-879

  Aktan, A Özdemir ^a,b   Yalin, Rifat ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Hydatid disease; Liver; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANDAZOL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER HYDATID CYST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029736979     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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