No response to chloroquine therapy in a case of a Saudi falciparum malaria

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-100

  Malik, Gaafar M ^a,b   Khan, Abdul M ^a   Abdalla, Salah E A ^a  

^a ASEER CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fansidar; resistant malaria; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0031046836     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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