α,β-Arteether for the treatment of complicated falciparum malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 328-330

  Mohanty, Sanjib ^a   Mishra, S K ^a   Satpathy, S K ^a   Dash, Sanghamitra ^a   Patnaik, Jayakrishna ^a  

^a ISPAT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; , arteether

Indexed keywords

ARTEETHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORTALITY; PARASITEMIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030949002     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90095-X     Document Type: Article

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