Long-term mebendazole therapy may be parasitocidal in alveolar echinococcosis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 994-998

  Ammann, Rudolf W ^a   Fleiner Hoffmann, Andrea ^b   Grimm, Felix ^b   Eckert, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcosis; Chemotherapy; Echinococcus multilocularis; Mebendazole; Parasitocidal efficacy

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MEBENDAZOLE; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032403097     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(98)80129-3     Document Type: Article

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