The effect of oral iron therapy during treatment for Plasmodium falciparum malaria with sulphadoxine - Pyrimethamine on Malawian children under 5 years of age

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 589-595

  Nwanyanwu, O C ^a   Ziba, C ^a   Kazembe, P N ^b   Gamadzi, G ^b   Gondwe, J ^b   Redd, S C ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^b Kamazu Central Hospital   (Malawi)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; FANSIDAR; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030466020     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1996.11813088     Document Type: Article

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