Safety Profile of Benznidazole in the Treatment of Chronic Chagas Disease: Experience of a Referral Centre and Systematic Literature Review with Meta-Analysis
- 13 July 2018
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Drug Safety
- Vol. 41 (11), 1035-1048
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-018-0696-5
Abstract
Benznidazole is the preferred drug for treatment of Chagas disease. However, it is toxic and of limited value in chronic infection.Keywords
Funding Information
- RETICS (project "RD16/0027/0020, RD16/0027/0002" Red de Enfermedades Tropicales, Subprograma RETICS del Plan Estatal de I+D+I 2013-2016, by FEDER)
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