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Chemotherapy of Gastrointestinal Helminths

Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology ((HEP,volume 77))

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The subject of gastrointestinal helminthic infections constitutes an excellent example of the interlacing links and relationships existing within the more general fields of parasitology and medicine. Gastrointestinal helminthiases are of absorbing interest to practitioners of many disciplines and provide a common bridge between human and veterinary medicine since principle and practice applicable to organisms in one area can be adapted usefully to organisms in the other area.

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  1. A. Davis
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  1. Department of Comparative Biochemistry, Research Laboratories, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Turnhoutseweg 30, 2340, Beerse, Belgium

    Hugo Vanden Bossche

  2. Department of Chemotherapy, Research Laboratories, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Turnhoutseweg 30, 2340, Beerse, Belgium

    Denis Thienpont

  3. Vogelsanck 12, 2232, Gravenwezel, Belgium

    Pieter G. Janssens

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Davis, A. (1985). Introduction. In: Bossche, H.V., Thienpont, D., Janssens, P.G. (eds) Chemotherapy of Gastrointestinal Helminths. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 77. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69527-8_1

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