Comparative efficacy of meglumine antimoniate and aminosidine sulphate, alone or in combination, in canine leishmaniasis

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-171

  Oliva, G ^a   Gradoni, L ^b   Cortese, L ^a   Orsini, S ^b   Ciaramella, P ^a   Scalone, A ^b   De Luna, R ^a   Persechino, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMINOFARMA; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PAROMOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; RECURRENCE RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PAROMOMYCIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031935167     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989860003     Document Type: Article

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