Treatment of giardiasis

Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-17

  Petri Jr , William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALBENDAZOLE; ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; AUROTHIOGLUCOSE; BICARBONATE; CARBAMAZEPINE; FURAZOLIDONE; GLUCOSE; MEPACRINE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITAZOXANIDE; NITROIMIDAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PRIMAQUINE; RITONAVIR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TINIDAZOLE; VALPROIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ALOPECIA; BITTER TASTE; BRAIN DISEASE; CARCINOGENICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GIARDIASIS; HEADACHE; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MUTAGENICITY; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUTROPENIA; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; TASTE DISORDER; TERATOGENICITY; URINE COLOR; VERTIGO; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 13944267182     PISSN: 10928472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11938-005-0047-3     Document Type: Review

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