Adverse reactions following diethylcarbamazine (DEC) intake in 'endemic normals', microfilaraemics and elephantiasis patients

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-96

  Haarbrink, M ^a   Terhell, A J ^a   Abadi, G K ^b   Mitsui, Y ^c   Yazdanbakhsh, M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Brugia malayi; Chemotherapy; Diethylcarbamazine; Filariasis; Indonesia

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELEPHANTIASIS; FEVER; FILARIASIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VERTIGO;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033050263     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90194-3     Document Type: Article

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