Quinine and mefloquine in the treatment of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in pregnancy

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 643-653

  McGready, R ^a,b,c   Cho, T ^a   Hkirijaroen, L ^a   Simpson, J ^c   Chongsuphajaisiddhi, T ^b   White, N J ^b,c   Nosten, F ^a,b  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; THAILAND; TIME; TINNITUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032322687     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1998.11813324     Document Type: Article

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