Encysted peritoneal hydatidosis in a child - The effectiveness of pre-operative therapy with a combination of praziquantel and albendazole

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 577-582

  Miron, D ^a   Kawar, B ^b   Lumelsky, D ^a   Spiegel, R ^a   Horovitz, Y ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CYST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24044546754     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485905X51445     Document Type: Article

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