Useful plants of dermatology. VII: Cinchona and antimalarials

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 499-502

  Kinsley Scott, Tina Renée ^b   Norton, Scott A ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CINCHONA EXTRACT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; MEPACRINE; QUININE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CINCHONA; CINCHONA LEDGERIANA; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GERMANY; GUATEMALA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041856217     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0190-9622(03)01281-7     Document Type: Article

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