Declining concentrations of dihydroartemisinin in plasma during 5-day oral treatment with artesunate for falciparum malaria

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 690-692

  Khanh, Nguyen Xuan ^a   De Vries, Peter J ^b   Le Dang, Ha ^a   Van Boxtel, Chris J ^c   Koopmans, Richard ^c   Kager, Piet A ^c  

^a BACH MAI HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345491020     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.3.690     Document Type: Article

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