Double-blind placebo-controlled study of concurrent administration of albendazole and praziquantel in schoolchildren with schistosomiasis and geohelminths

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 996-1003

  Olds, G Richard ^a   King, C ^b   Hewlett, J ^b   Olveda, R ^b   Wu, G ^b   Ouma, J ^b   Peters, P ^b   McGarvey, S ^b   Odhiambo, O ^b   Koech, D ^b   Liu, C Y ^b   Aligui, G ^b   Gachihi, G ^b   Kombe, Y ^b   Parraga, I ^b   Ramirez, B ^b   Whalen, C ^b   Horton, R J ^b   Reeve, P ^b  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032932433     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314686     Document Type: Article

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