High mebendazole doses in pulmonary and hepatic hydatid disease.
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چکیده
Thirty nine children with 71 hydatid cysts were given mebendazole orally in a dose of 100-200 mg/kg/day for 12 weeks and were followed up for a mean (SD) of 63 (24) months. Twenty children (three of them after a second course) were cured and another two avoided at least one operation. No serious side effects of the drug were observed.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 66 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1991