Comparative efficacy of chloroquine plus chlorpheniramine and pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine in acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Nigerian children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-81

  Sowunmi, A ^a,b   Oduola, A M J ^a   Ogundahunsi, O A T ^a   Salako, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Children; Chloroquine; Chlorpheniramine; Drug resistance; Malaria; Nigeria; Plasmodium falciparum; Pyrimethamine; Sulfadoxine

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; FANSIDAR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NIGERIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRURITUS; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031883233     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90964-6     Document Type: Article

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