Severe and complicated malaria treated with artemisinin, artesunate or artemether in Viet Nam

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 465-467

  Vinh, Ha ^a   Huong, Nguyen Ngoc ^b   Ha, Tran Thi Bich ^b   Cuong, Bui Minh ^a   Phu, Nguyen Hoan ^a   Chau, Tran Thi Hong ^a   Quoi, Phan Tan ^b   Arnold, Keith ^c   Hien, Tran Tinh ^a  

^a CHO QUAN HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^b Tan Phu Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^c Roche Asian Research Foundation   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Artemether; Artemisinin; Artesunate; Chemotherapy; Malaria; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; MEFLOQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RURAL AREA; VIET NAM;

ARTESUNATE;

EID: 0030801610     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90287-X     Document Type: Article

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