Comparative efficacy of chloroquine plus chlorpheniramine and halofantrine in acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Nigerian children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 441-445

  Sowunmi, A ^a,b   Fehintola, F A ^a   Ogundahunsi, O A T ^a   Oduola, A M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Children; Chloroquine plus chlorpheniramine; Chloroquine resistance; Halofantrine; Malaria; Nigeria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; HALOFANTRINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; VERAPAMIL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NIGERIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031663098     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91084-7     Document Type: Article

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