Artesunate versus artemether for the treatment of recrudescent multidrug-resistant falciparum malaria

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 883-888

  Price, Ric ^a   Van Vugt, Michele ^b   Nosten, François ^c   Luxemburger, Christine ^c   Brockman, Alan ^c   Phaipun, Lucy ^c   Chongsuphajaisiddhi, Tan ^d   White, Nicholas ^d  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Malaria Research Unit   (Thailand)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AM 7; ARTEMETHER; ARTESUNATE; AS 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; VOMITING;

ARTESUNATE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032429282     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.883     Document Type: Article

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