Systematic review of amodiaquine treatment in uncomplicated malaria

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9036, 1996, Pages 1196-1201

  Olliaro, P ^a,g   Nevill, C ^b   LeBras, J ^c   Ringwald, P ^d   Mussano, P ^e   Garner, P ^e   Brasseur, P ^f  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^e Cochrane Tropical Diseases Group ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0029807475     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)06217-4     Document Type: Article

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