Treatment of angiostrongyliasis using a combination of albendazole and dexamethasone: The results of a retrospective and comparative study

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-69

  Diao, Z ^a   Wang, J ^a   Qi, H ^a   Li, X ^a   Zheng, X ^a   Yin, C ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; CHINA; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAILS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551697176     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12851868780342     Document Type: Article

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