Artemether treatment of recrudescent Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 631-634

  Sowunmi, Akintunde ^a,b   Odulola, Ayoade M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

artemether; recrudescence; severe falciparum malaria

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEMETHER; CHLOROQUINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECRUDESCENCE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030839218     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-347.x     Document Type: Article

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