Chemotherapy alone or as adjuvant treatment to surgery for alveolar and cystic echinococcosis;Neo- und adjuvante Therapie bei Echinokokkose

Chirurg

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-15

  Ammann, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcosis; Hydatid disease; Surgery and or chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; HUMAN; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; TIME;

AGED; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY; HUMANS; MEBENDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033631761     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001040050002     Document Type: Article

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