Albendazole treatment for Giardia intestinalis infections in school children

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 78-83

  Pengsaa, Krisana ^a   Sirivichayakul, Chukiet ^a   Pojjaroen anant, Chanathep ^a   Nimnual, Sawat ^b   Wisetsing, Pataraporn ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; TINIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; THAILAND; TINIDAZOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033084705     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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