Doxycycline Improves Filarial Lymphedema Independent of Active Filarial Infection: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Background. The aim of this study was to determine whether improvement of filarial lymphedema (LE) by doxycycline is restricted to patients with ongoing infection (positive for circulating filarial antigen [CFA]), or whether the majority of CFA-negative patients with LE would also show a reduction i...

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Autores principales: Mand, Sabine, Debrah, Alexander Yaw, Klarmann, Ute, Batsa, Linda, Marfo-Debrekyei, Yeboah, Kwarteng, Alexander, Specht, Sabine, Belda-Domene, Aurea, Fimmers, Rolf, Taylor, Mark, Adjei, Ohene, Hoerauf, Achim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3412691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22610930
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis486

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