Schistosomiasis - A century searching for chemotherapeutic drugs

Parasitology Research

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 505-521

  Ribeiro dos Santos, Gabriela ^a   Verjovski Almeida, Sergio ^b   Leite, Luciana C C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3 DEHYDROEMETINE; AMOSCANATE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; ANTIMONY TARTRATE; ARTEETHER; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; EMETINE; FURAPROMIDIUM; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMIDAZOLE; MECLONAZEPAM; MEVINOLIN; N (2 PHENYLCYCLOPENTYL)AZACYCLOTRIDECAN 2 IMINE; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; NITROFURAN; NITROVINYLFURAN; OXAMNIQUINE; PHENITHIONATE; PHENYL 4 NITRODIPHENYLAMINE 4' THIONOCARBAMATE; PRAZIQUANTEL; QUINOLINE; SQ 2253; STIBOPHEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANOREXIA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG MECHANISM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TOXICITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SYNCOPE; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMICIDES;

ANIMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 33748367860     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0175-2     Document Type: Review

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