Clinical follow-up examination after treatment of canine leishmaniasis

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 279-283

  Moritz, Andreas ^a   Steuber, Stephan ^b   Greiner, Matthias ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Fed Inst Hlth Protect C   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allpurinol; Canine leishmaniasis; GLUCANTIME ; PCR; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALLOPURINOL; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032321686     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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