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  • Effect of mebendazole therapy in pregnancy on birth outcome 
    de Silva, N.R.; Sirisena, J.; Gunasekera, D.P.S.; Ismail, M.M.; de Silva, H.J. (Lancet Publishing Group, 1999)
    BACKGROUND: In areas endemic for hookworm, routine antenatal mebendazole therapy could greatly reduce the prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy. At present, however, this is not a widely accepted control strategy because of ...
  • Randomized placebo-controlled trial of the efficacy of mebendazole polymorphs in the treatment of hookworm infections 
    Gunawardena, N.K.; Kumarendran, B.; Manamperi, N.H.; Senarathna, B.P.; Silva, M.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, N.R. (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2013)
    Mebendazole has three polymorphic forms, identified as A, B and C. It has been suggested that unlike polymorph C, A is ineffective in the treatment of hookworm and whipworm infections. A randomized doubleblind, placebo-controlled ...

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