The pharmacokinetics of a single dose of artemisinin in patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 503-507

  De Vries, Peter J ^a   Dien, Tran Khac ^b   Khanh, Nguyen Xuan ^b   Binh, Le Nguyen ^c   Yen, Pham Thi ^c   Duc, Dao Dinh ^b   Van Boxtel, Chris J ^a   Kager, Piet A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BACH MAI HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^c Inst Malariology   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; MEFLOQUINE;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG TOLERANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842334506     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.503     Document Type: Article

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