Does mefloquine prophylaxis affect electroencephalographic patterns?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-149

  Potasman, Israel ^a   Juven, Yoav ^a   Weller, Boaz ^a   Schwartz, Eli ^b  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEFLOQUINE; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0037083224     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(01)01065-8     Document Type: Article

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