Comparative efficacy of chloroquine/chlorpheniramine combination and mefloquine for the treatment of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Nigerian children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 689-693

  Sowunmi, A ^a   Oduola, A M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Chloroquine; Chlorpheniramine; Combination therapy; Drug resistance; Malaria; Mefloquine; Nigeria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; MEFLOQUINE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031461526     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90526-5     Document Type: Article

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