Randomised trial of pyronaridine versus chloroquine for acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Africa

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 8993, 1996, Pages 24-28

  Ringwald, Pascal ^a,b   Bickii, Jean ^a   Basco, Leonardo ^c,d  

^a Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^b Département Santé   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; PYRONARIDINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPOACUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0030069741     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91558-5     Document Type: Article

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