Combination therapy with albendazole and praziquantel versus albendazole alone in children with seizures and single lesion neurocysticercosis: A randomized, placebo-controlled double blind trial

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 403-406

  Kaur, Satvinder ^a   Singhi, Pratibha ^a   Singhi, Sunit ^a   Khandelwal, Niranjan ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Neurocysticercosis; Praziquantel; Single small enhancing computerized tomographic lesions

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISOLONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649562443     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31819073aa     Document Type: Article

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