Electrocardiographic changes in antimalarial treatment with halofantrine, pharmacokinetic study, therapeutic deductions;Modifications électrocardiographiques dues à l'halofantrine dans le traitement du paludisme : Implications thérapeutiques

Bulletin de l'Academie Nationale de Medecine

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-82

  Giudicelli, Claude Pierre ^a   Touze, Jean Etienne ^b   Bernard, Jacques ^c  

^a Inspecteur Gen du Serv de S D

^b LAVERAN MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Specialiste des Hop des Armees   (France)

Author keywords

Antimalarials; Electrocardiography; Malaria, drug therapy; Phenanthrenes; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

1,3 DICHLORO 6 TRIFLUOROMETHYL 9 PHENANTHRYL 3 (N BUTYL)AMINOPROPANOL; 1,3-DICHLORO-6-TRIFLUOROMETHYL-9-PHENANTHRYL-3-(N-BUTYL)AMINOPROPANOL; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HALOFANTRINE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENANTHRENES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030551456     PISSN: 00014079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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