Synonym(s)
perchloroethylene; Perchloroethylene; tetrachloroethylene
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Anthelmintic. Very widespread use in the first half and early second half of the 20th century, now largely superseded due to its toxicity. The use outside medicine is as a chemical cleaning agent. In Germany not approved as a medicinal product ( off-label use).
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Among others, infections with Ankylostoma spp., Necator americanus, in Fasciolopsiasis, in Heterophyiasis.
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0,1 mg/kg Kg p.o. as ED.
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer