Changes of Liver Functions after Albendazole Treatment in Human Gnathostomiasis

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1998, Pages

  Inkatanuvat, Sasithorn ^a   Suntharasamai, Pravan ^b   Vutikes, Samnieng ^a   Riganti, Mario ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBENDAZOLE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITOSIS; SKIN DISEASE; THAILAND; THELAZIA;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GNATHOSTOMA; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; THAILAND;

EID: 0031771724     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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