Comparative clinical trial of four regimens of dihydroartemisinin- mefloquine in multidrug-resistant falciparum malaria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 602-610

  Na Bangchang, K ^a   Tippanangkosol, P ^a   Ubalee, R ^a   Chaovanakawee, S ^b   Saenglertsilapachai, S ^b   Karbwang, Juntra ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dihydroartemisinin; Mefloquine; Multidrug resistance; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; MEFLOQUINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; MALARIA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEFLOQUINE; SESQUITERPENES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

THAILAND;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032886155     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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