A controlled trial of artemether or quinine in Vietnamese adults with severe falciparum malaria

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 76-83

  Hien, Tran Tinh ^a   Day, Nicholas P J ^b   Phu, Nguyen Hoan ^a   Mai, Nguyen Thi Hoang ^a   Chau, Tran Thi Hong ^a   Loc, Pham Phu ^a   Sinh, Dinh Xuan ^a   Van Chuong, Ly ^a   Vinh, Ha ^a   Waller, Deborah ^b   Chir, B ^d   Peto, Timothy E A ^b   Phil, D ^d   White, Nicholas J ^b,c  

^a Centre for Tropical Diseases Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CHO QUAN HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ; FANSIDAR; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; BLOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUININE; SESQUITERPENES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15844394627     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199607113350202     Document Type: Article

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