Clinicians' practices related to management of filarial adenolymphangitis and lymphoedema in Orissa, India

Acta Tropica

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-164

  Kerketta, A S ^a   Babu, B V ^a   Swain, B K ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

India; Lymphatic filariasis; Lymphoedema; Orissa; Practices; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CEFADROXIL; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; GENTAMICIN; IVERMECTIN; LINCOMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG; HEALTH CARE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; LYMPHANGITIS; LYMPHEDEMA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ACUTE DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34347360731     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.04.014     Document Type: Article

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