Role of albendazole in the management of hydatid cyst liver

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 343-347

  Ul Bari, Shams ^a   Arif, Sajad ^a   Malik, Ajaz ^a   Khaja, Abdul ^a   Dass, Tufale ^a   Naikoo, Zahoor ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Albendazole; hydatid; recurrence; viability

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER HYDATID CYST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052897143     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.84493     Document Type: Article

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