Treatment of late stage rhodesiense trypanosomiasis using suramin and eflornithine: Report of six cases

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 449-450

  Clerinx, Jan ^a,b   Taelman, Henri ^a,b   Bogaerts, Joseph ^a   Vervoort, Tony ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali   (Rwanda)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Eflornithine; Suramin; Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; EFLORNITHINE; MELARSOPROL; SURAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 0031703795     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91087-2     Document Type: Article

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