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Onchocerciasis treated with diethylcarbamazine
Author(s) -
REE G.H.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1977.tb14134.x
Subject(s) - onchocerciasis , diethylcarbamazine , medicine , dermatology , filariasis , family medicine , pathology , immunology , helminths
One hundred patients with onchocerciasis were treated with diethylcarbamazine: a single course of treatment led to clinical cure in 48% of the patients; no means of anticipating which patients might require only a single course of treatment was found.