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  • Title: Ultrasonographic profile of the liver and caliber of portal vein after oral antibilharzial drugs.
    Author: el-Hawey AM, Wahib AA, Ossman OM, el Zahaby AA.
    Journal: J Egypt Soc Parasitol; 1989 Dec; 19(2):605-10. PubMed ID: 2504826.
    Abstract:
    This study was done on 45 patients with bilharzial hepatosplenomegaly and active bilharzial infection classified into 3 groups. The first group was given oral oxamniquine 2nd group was given oral praziquantel, the third group was left as control. It was proved that praziquantel gave a remarkable decrease in portal vein diameter and regression of the size of enlarged liver and spleen but oxaminiquine had no significant effect on the portal vein diameter and liver profile.
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