Deworming drugs for treating soil-transmitted intestinal worms in children: effects on growth and school performance
Cochrane Database of Systematic ReviewsPublished 10 October 2007
David Taylor‐Robinson, Ashley P Jones, Paul Garner
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Deworming drugs used in targeted community programmes may be effective in relation to weight gain in some circumstances but not in others, and no effect on cognition or school performance has been demonstrated.
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Deworming drugs used in targeted community programmes may be effective in relation to weight gain in some circumstances but not in others. No effect on cognition or school performance has been demonstrated.
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