Imipramine induced complete reversal of chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum infections in Sudan

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 130-135

  Adam, Mohamed E ^a   Karim, El Fatih I A ^a   Elkadaru, Abdelgader Y ^b   Ibrahim, Kamal E E ^a   Berger, Bradley J ^c   Wiese, M ^d   Babiker, Hamza A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b Omdurman Hospital for Tropical Diseases   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; HPLC; Imipramine; Resistance; Reversal

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DESIPRAMINE; IMIPRAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SUDAN; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 11144339525     PISSN: 13190164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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