Randomized comparison of chloroquine and amodiaquine in the treatment of acute, uncomplicated, Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 549-558

  Sowunmi, A ^a   Ayede, A I ^a   Falade, A G ^a   Ndikum, V N ^a   Sowunmi, C O ^a   Adedeji, A A ^a   Falade, C O ^a   Happi, T C ^a   Oduola, A M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGE FACTORS; AMODIAQUINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARASITEMIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034808087     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034980120092507     Document Type: Article

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