Malaria: New challenges, new treatments

Current Paediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-41

  Crawley, J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; DIAZEPAM; FANSIDAR; HALOFANTRINE; INFUSION FLUID; MALOPRIM; MANNITOL; MEFLOQUINE; PARALDEHYDE; PHENOBARBITAL; QUININE;

DRUG RESISTANCE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALARIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

EID: 0032913369     PISSN: 09575839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-5839(99)90023-4     Document Type: Article

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