Randomized controlled trial of artesunate plus tetracycline versus standard treatment (quinine plus tetracycline) for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-202

  Duarte, Elisabeth Carmen ^a   Fernandes Fontes, Cor J ^b   Gyorkos, Theresa W ^a   Abrahamowicz, Michal ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; PRIMAQUINE; QUININE; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SWEATING; TASTE DISORDER; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ARTESUNATE; CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 13344269029     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.197     Document Type: Article

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