The pharmacokinetics of artemisinin suppositories in Vietnamese patients with malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 434-436

  Koopmans, Richard ^a,c   Duc, Dao Dinh ^b   Kager, Piet A ^a   Khanh, Nguyen Xuan ^b   Dien, Tran Khac ^a   De Vries, Peter J ^a   Van Boxtel, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BACH MAI HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; Chemotherapy; Malaria; Pharmacokinetics; Plasmodium falciparum; Rectal administration; Suppositories; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; MEFLOQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEARANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUPPOSITORY; VIET NAM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031683961     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91082-3     Document Type: Article

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