A Comparative Clinical Trial of Artemether and Quinine in Children with Severe Malaria

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 939-945

  Huda, S N ^a   Shahab, T ^a   Ali, S M ^a   Afzal, Kamran ^a   Khan, H M ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Artemether; Malaria; Quinine

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN INJURY; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUININE; SESQUITERPENES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142086730     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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