Pharmacokinetics of oral artesunate in children with moderately severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-198

  Bethell, Delia B ^a,b   Teja Isavadharm, Paktiya ^c   Phuong, Cao Xuan Thanh ^d   Thuy, Pham Thi Thu ^a   Mai, Ta Thi Tuyet ^d   Thuy, Tran Thi Nhu ^d   Ha, Nguyen Thi Thanh ^d   Phuong, Pham Tung ^d   Kyle, Dennis ^c   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,b   White, Nicholas J ^a,b  

^a CHO QUAN HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^d Dong Nai Paediatric Centre   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Artesunate; Chemotherapy; Children; Malaria; Pharmacokinetics; Plasmodium falciparum; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTESUNATE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; MEFLOQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ELIMINATION; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VIET NAM;

ARTESUNATE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 12644290292     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90222-4     Document Type: Article

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