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Duration of treatment with albendazole for hepatic toxocariasis

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Yoshikawa, M. Duration of treatment with albendazole for hepatic toxocariasis. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 6, E1–E2 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep1367

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