Adverse effects of longterm, continual administration of high doses of albendazole in the treatment of echinococcal disease;Neželjena dejstva dugotrajne, kontinuirane primene visokih doza albendazola u lečenju ehinokokne bolesti

Vojnosanitetski Pregled

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 539-544

  Jevtić, Miodrag ^a   Mikić, Dragan ^a   Arsić Komljenović, Gordana ^b   Stanković, Nebojša ^a   Ristanović, Elizabeta ^a   Sjeničić, Goran ^a   Janićijević Hudomal, Snežana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^b Visoka Strukovna Medicinska kola Milutin Milankovi   (Macedonia)

^c Institut za Farmakologiju   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Dose response relationship, drug; Drug toxicity; Echinococcosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBENDAZOLE; CREATINE KINASE; ANTICESTODAL AGENT;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTICESTODAL AGENTS; CHILD; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 52049100118     PISSN: 00428450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/VSP0807539J     Document Type: Article

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