Evidence for a long-term effect of a single dose of praziquantel on Schistosoma mansoni-induced hepatosplenic lesions in northern Uganda

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 927-931

  Frenzel, Kathrin ^c   Grigull, Lorenz ^c   Odongo Aginya, Emmanuel ^c   Ndugwa, Christopher M ^c   Loroni Lakwo, Tom ^c   Schweigmann, Ulrich ^c   Vester, Udo ^a   Spannbrucker, Nestor ^b   Doehring, Ekkehard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Hospital Neuruppin   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

AGE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; UGANDA; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032985963     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.927     Document Type: Article

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