Effect of paracetamol on parasite clearance time in Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9079, 1997, Pages 704-709

  Brandts, Christian H ^a   Ndjavé, Maryse ^b   Graninger, Wolfgang ^c   Kremsner, Peter G ^c  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; OXYGEN RADICAL; PARACETAMOL; QUININE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLEARANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030768673     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)02255-1     Document Type: Article

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