A Randomized Clinical Trial of Low Dosage Combination of Pentamidine and Allopurinol in the Treatment of Antimony Unresponsive Cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 49, Issue JUNE, 2001, Pages 609-613

  Das, V N R ^a   Ranjan, A ^a   Sinha, A N ^a   Verma, N ^a   Lal, C S ^a   Gupta, A K ^a   Siddiqui, N A ^a   Kar, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; PENTAMIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOPURINOL; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENTAMIDINE;

EID: 0035378857     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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