Intramuscular artemether vs intravenous quinine: An open, randomized trial in Malawian children with cerebral malaria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-8

  Taylor, T E ^a,b,e   Wills, B A ^a   Courval, J M ^c   Molyneux, M E ^a,d  

^a Blantyre Malaria Research Project   (Malawi)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemether; Artemisinin; Cerebral malaria; Clinical trial; Malaria; Paediatric malaria; Quinine

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; QUININE;

CEREBRAL MALARIS; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; MALARIA; MORTALITY RATES;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DOSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PARASITEMIA; PROGNOSIS; QUININE; RECURRENCE; SESQUITERPENES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031940338     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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