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Concentrations of albendazole in serum, cerebrospinal fluid and hydatidous brain cyst

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Abstract

A young girl with cerebral echinococcosis was treated with albendazole (13 mg/kg/d, p.o.). The concentrations of albendazole sulphoxide were determined in serum, cerebrospinal fluid and hydatidous cyst over a month. The mean ratios of concentration were: CSF/serum=50%, cyst/serum=40%, cyst/CSF=80%.

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  1. Neurosurgical Department, University of Münster, Germany

    Dag Moskopp

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Erlangen, Germany

    Erich Lotterer

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Moskopp, D., Lotterer, E. Concentrations of albendazole in serum, cerebrospinal fluid and hydatidous brain cyst. Neurosurg. Rev. 16, 35–37 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00308610

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