Comparative efficacy of halofantrine, chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for treatment of acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Nigerian children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-62

  Falade, C O ^a   Salako, L A ^a,b   Sowunmi, A ^a   Oduola, A M J ^a   Larcier, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^c African Medical Department   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Children; Chloroquine; Halofantrine; Malaria; Nigeria; Plasmodium falciparum; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; HALOFANTRINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031045669     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90397-7     Document Type: Article

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