Randomized Control Trial of Quinine and Artesunate in Complicated Malaria

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-295

  Mohanty, Anil Kumar ^a,b   Rath, B K ^a   Mohanty, R ^a   Samal, A K ^a   Mishra, K ^a  

^a SCB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b CDA ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Artesunate; Children; Complicated malaria; Quinine; Randomized control trial

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NAUSEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SPLENOMEGALY; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 2442591684     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02724090     Document Type: Article

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