A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of vitamin A in severe malaria in hospitalised Mozambican children

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 211-222

  Varandas, L ^a   Julien, M ^a   Gomes, A ^a   Rodrigues, P ^a   Van Lerberghe, W ^a   Malveiro, F ^a   Aguiar, P ^a   Kolsteren, P ^a   Van der Stuyft, P ^a   Hilderbrand, K ^a   Labadarios, D ^a   Ferrinho, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RETINOL;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; MALARIA; NUTRITION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOZAMBIQUE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SURVIVAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A;

EID: 17944377966     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724930120077781     Document Type: Article

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