Praziquantel: An urgent and exciting challenge

Parasitology Today

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-20

  Redman, Christopher A ^a   Robertson, Alan ^c   Fallon, Padraig G ^b   Modha, Jayant ^a   Kusel, John R ^a   Doenhoff, Michael J ^b   Martin, Richard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

DRUG RESISTANCE; FUTUROLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0030044428     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(96)80640-5     Document Type: Review

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