Randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter trial to compare the efficacy and safety of metronidazole and satranidazole in patients with amebic liver abscess

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2270-2273

  Muzaffar, Jameel ^a   Madan, Kaushal ^b   Sharma, M P ^b   Kar, Premashish ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatic amebiasis; Metronidazole; Randomized control trial; Satranidazole

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; SATRANIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TASTE DISORDER;

ADULT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NITROIMIDAZOLES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TASTE DISORDERS;

EID: 33846956492     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9111-7     Document Type: Article

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