High dose of primaquine in primaquine resistant vivax malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 218-219

  Bunnag, Danai ^a   Karbwang, Juntra ^a   Thanavibul, Aurathai ^a   Chittamas, Sunee ^a   Ratanapongse, Yupin ^a   Chalermrut, Korbsiri ^a   Na Bangchang, Kesara ^a   Harinasuta, Tranakchit ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PRIMAQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMAQUINE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0028355475     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(94)90305-0     Document Type: Article

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