Association of oxamniquine praziquantel and clonazepam in experimental Schistosomiasis mansoni

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 781-785

  Araujo, Neusa ^a   De Mattos, Ana Carolina Alves ^a   Coelho, Paulo Marcos Zech ^b   Katz, Naftale ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte (SCBH)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clonazepam; Drug association; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 58049167844     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000800007     Document Type: Article

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