A randomized comparison of chloroquine and chloroquine plus ketotifen in the treatment of acute, uncomplicated, Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-117

  Sowunmi, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEMETHER; CHLOROQUINE; KETOTIFEN; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETREATMENT; SLEEP DISORDER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMODIAQUINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOTIFEN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RECURRENCE; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0038076318     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349803235001516     Document Type: Article

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