The pharmacokinetics of artemisinin after administration of two different suppositories to healthy Vietnamese subjects

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 244-247

  Koopmans, Richard ^a   Ha, Le Dang ^b   Duc, Dao Dinh ^b   Dien, Tran Khac ^a   Kager, Piet A ^a   Khanh, Nguyen Xuan ^b   Van Boxtel, Chris J ^a   De Vries, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BACH MAI HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; SUPPOSITORY BASE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FORMULATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VIET NAM;

EID: 0344267699     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.244     Document Type: Article

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