Plasmodium falciparum: Effective use of the CO2-NaHCO3 buffer system for evaluating chloroquine resistance

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-124

  He, Shenyi ^a   Saito Ito, Atsuko ^a   Tanabe, Kazuyuki ^b   Matsumura, Takeo ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; BUFFER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROQUINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0033995340     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4471     Document Type: Article

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