Efficacy of artesunate plus pyrimethamine-sulphadoxine for uncomplicated malaria in Gambian children: A double-blind, randomised, controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 355, Issue 9201, 2000, Pages 352-357

  Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^a   Milligan, Paul ^a   Pinder, Margaret ^a   Bojang, Kalifa ^a   Anyalebechi, Chukwudi ^a   Gosling, Roland ^a   Coleman, Rosalind ^a   Ude, Justin Ifeanyichukwu ^a   Sadiq, Abubakar ^a   Duraisingh, Manoj ^b   Warhurst, David ^b   Alloueche, Ali ^b   Targett, Geoffrey ^b   McAdam, Keith ^a   Greenwood, Brian ^b   Walraven, Gijs ^a   Olliaro, Piero ^c   Doherty, Tom ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; FANSIDAR; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0034728059     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)10237-X     Document Type: Article

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