Pitfalls in estimating piperaquine elimination

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 5127-5128

  Tarning, Joel ^a   Lindegårdh, Niklas ^b   Annerberg, Anna ^b   Singtoroj, Thida ^b   Day, Nicholas P J ^b   Ashton, Michael ^a   White, Nicholas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEKIN; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; PIPERAQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 28844503112     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.12.5127-5128.2005     Document Type: Article

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