Treatment response of cystic echinococcosis to benzimidazoles: A systematic review

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Stojkovic, Marija ^a   Zwahlen, Marcel ^b,c   Teggi, Antonella ^d   Vutova, Kamenna ^e   Cretu, Carmen M ^f   Virdone, Roberto ^g   Nicolaidou, Polyxeni ^h   Cobanoglu, Nazan ⁱ   Junghanss, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^f CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^g VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

ⁱ HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LIVER ENZYME; MEBENDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBASE; EMULSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER HYDATID CYST; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RELAPSE; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 70449507442     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000524     Document Type: Article

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