An alternative antimonial schedule to be used in cutaneous leishmaniasis when high doses of antimony are undesirable Um esquema antimonial alternativo para ser empregado na leishmaniose cutânea quando altas doses de antimônio são indesejáveis
Despite more than half a century of use in leishmaniasis, antimony therapy still presents serious problems concerning dosage and toxicity. Low and high doses have been shown to be equally effective. In this paper, the feasibility of injecting one ampoule of meglumine antimoniate intramuscularly ever...
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2006-08-01
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| Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822006000400001 |