Compliance with a 2 day course of artemether-mefloquine in an area of highly multi-drug resistant Plasmodium falciparurn malaria

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 639-642

  Na Bangchang, K ^a   Congpuong, K ^a   Sirichaisinthop, J ^b   Suprakorb, K ^b   Karbwang, J ^a,c   Karbwang, Juntra ^a,b,c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Mae Sot Farmer Group   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Artemether; Compliance; Mefloquine; Multi drug resistance; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; DIMENHYDRINATE; MEFLOQUINE; PARACETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0030741137     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1997.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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