Acute fatty liver after malaria prophylaxis with mefloquine

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9149, 1999, Pages 295-296

  Grieco, A ^a   Vecchio, F M ^a   Natale, L ^a   Gasbarrini, G ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEFLOQUINE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; EDEMA; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIVER BIOPSY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033026311     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)74932-1     Document Type: Article

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