Allopurinol as an additive to quinine in the treatment of acute complicated falciparum malaria

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 454-457

  Sarma, P S A ^a,d   Mandal, Anil K ^b   Khamis, Harry J ^c  

^a Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital and Research Centre   (India)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d India Habitat Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; QUININE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIARRHEA; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031946332     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.454     Document Type: Article

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