Dangerous reactions to treatment of onchocerciasis with diethylcarbamazine.
Nine Nigerians with severe onchocerciasis who were treated with diethylcarbamazine developed clinical changes, ranging in severity from mild itching to distress, cough, and syncope. Physiological changes (fever, tachypnoea, tachycardia, or hypotension) were seen in eight. In five patients the systol...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1977
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