Comparison of Metronidazole and Furazolidone against Giardia lamblia in children

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 378-381

  Talari, S A ^a   Momtazmanesh, N ^a   Talebian, A ^a   Khorshidi, A ^a   Taghavi, A ^a   Fakharian, E ^a   Talari, M R ^a   Mokhtari, Z ^a  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drugs side effects; Giardiasis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

FURAZOLIDONE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; STEATORRHEA; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URINE COLOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33745751586     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2006.378.381     Document Type: Article

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