

@article {2955,
	title = {Effect of chemotherapy on the larval mass and the long-term course of alveolar echinococcosis. {Swiss} {Echinococcosis} {Study} {Group}},
	journal = {Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)},
	volume = {19},
	number = {3},
	year = {1994},
	month = {mar},
	pages = {735{\textendash}742},
	abstract = {{The efficacy of long-term chemotherapy in nonresectable alveolar echinococcosis is debated, particularly because of the difficulty in defining therapeutic success. In this study the effect of chemotherapy on the parasitic mass was evaluated in a series of 37 patients. The patients had larval lesions documented by serial computed tomography studies at least 1.5 yr after chemotherapy (mean = 6.4 yr},
	keywords = {Adult, Aged, albendazole, Animals, Cholestasis, Computer-Assisted, Echinococcosis, Echinococcus, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Larva, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mebendazole, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Pulmonary, Pulmonary Alveoli, Tomography, X-Ray Computed},
	issn = {0270-9139},
	author = {Ammann, R. W. and Ilitsch, N. and Marincek, B. and Freiburghaus, A. U.}
}
