Chloroquine treatment for uncomplicated childhood malaria in an area with drug resistance: Early treatment failure aggravates anaemia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 556-560

  Ekvall, H ^a   Premji, Z ^b   Bjorkman A ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Children; Chloroquine; Drug resistance; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031791680     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90913-0     Document Type: Article

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