Chemotherapy for patients with multiple parasitic infections.
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Multiple parasitic infections have become increasingly recognized as a result of improvements in laboratory diagnosis and a growing population of immunocompromised individuals. This review examines the principles of chemotherapy in groupings of multiple infections which are of particular clinical significance.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Parasitology
دوره 122 Suppl شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001