Efficacy and tolerance of artemisinin in short combination regimens for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 438-443

  Bich, Nguyen Ngoc ^a   De Vries, Peter J ^b   Van Thien, Huyuh ^c   Phong, Tran Hung ^a   Ngoc Hung, L E ^a   Eggelte, Teunis A ^b   Anh, Trinh Kim ^a   Kager, Piet A ^b  

^a CHO RAY HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Lam Dong Provincial Hospital II   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; DOXYCYCLINE; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITE CONTROL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIET NAM;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS;

EID: 0013602330     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.438     Document Type: Article

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