Low-dose quinine for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Guinea-Bissau

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 547-549

  Kofoed, Poul Erik ^a,b   Lopes, Francisco ^a   Johansson, Peter ^c   Dias, Francisco ^c   Sandström, Anita ^a   Aaby, Peter ^a,d   Rombo, Lars ^c,e,f  

^a Projecto de Saude de Bandim   (Guinea-Bissau)

^b KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Lab Nac de Saude Pub   (Guinea-Bissau)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^e Div Infect Dis Thorac Med D   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Guinea Bissau; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Quinine

Indexed keywords

QUINIMAX; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEDIATRICS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032749085     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90377-2     Document Type: Article

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