Chloroquine or amodiaquine combined with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine as a treatment for uncomplicated malaria - A systematic review

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-270

  McIntosh, H M ^a   Greenwood, B M ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; SIDE EFFECT;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031981713     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1998.11813289     Document Type: Article

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