Comparative study of liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) and sodium stibogluconate in the treatment of Kala-Azar in the Sudan

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 481-484

  Khalil, E A G ^b   Hashim, F A ^c   Ali, M S ^c   Ghalib, H W ^c   Zijlstra, E E ^c   El Hag, I A ^c   Mustafa, M D ^c   Satti, M H ^c   Kordofani, A ^c   El Safi, S ^c   Hag Ali, M ^a   El Hassan, A M ^c  

^a National Council for Research   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c NONE

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