Unusual life-threatening adverse drug effects with chloroquine in a young girl [2]

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-

  Sharma, N ^a   Varma, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DAPSONE; GLUCOSE; METHYLENE BLUE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PRIMAQUINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MALARIA; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA;

EID: 0042630936     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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