Combination treatment with suramin and eflornithine in late stage rhodesian trypanosomiasis: Case report

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 572-573

  Taelman, H ^a,b   Clerinx, J ^a,b   Bogaerts, J ^a   Vervoort, T ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali   (Rwanda)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

African trypanosomiasis; Eflornithine; Suramin; Trypanosoma brucei 'rhodesiense' chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; EFLORNITHINE; SURAMIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; RWANDA;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 0029858681     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90328-4     Document Type: Article

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