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Mode of Action of Anticestodal Agents

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Chemotherapy of Parasitic Diseases

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Mode of action of anticestodal agents is a pretentious title for a chapter that can only list the effects of anthelmintics on membranes, organelles, enzymes, and neuromuscular systems. In fact, essential information about the molecular mechanism of action of most anthelmintics is still lacking.

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  1. Laboratory of Comparative Biochemistry, Department of Life Sciences, Janssen Pharmaceutica Research Laboratories, B-2340, Beerse, Belgium

    Hugo Vanden Bossche

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    William C. Campbell

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Bossche, H.V. (1986). Mode of Action of Anticestodal Agents. In: Campbell, W.C., Rew, R.S. (eds) Chemotherapy of Parasitic Diseases. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1233-8_25

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