Treatment of Hepatic and Pulmonary Hydatidosis with Mebendazole
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Mebendazole was given to two patients with multiple hydatidosis of the liver and three patients with multiple hydatidosis of the lungs. They could not be treated surgically because of aduanced diseases. So they wer given a daily dose of 25-40 mg/kg body weight for 9-12 months. Definite clinical result in one patient and some clinical improvements in the size of the liver and clearance of the lung from hydatidosis was observed in the rest of the patients.
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عنوان ژورنال
دوره 12 شماره 3
صفحات 108- 112
تاریخ انتشار 1988-09
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