Audiometric changes associated with the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria with co-artemether

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 261-267

  Toovey, Stephen ^a,b   Jamieson, Andrew ^a,b  

^a SAA Netcare Travel Clinics   (Mozambique)

^b SAA Netcare Travel Clinics   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Artemesinins; Co artemether; Endoperoxides; Falciparum malaria; Neurotoxicity; Ototoxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; ENDOPEROXIDE; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN STEM; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NEUROTOXICITY; OTOTOXICITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG COMBINATION; HEARING DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; AUDIOMETRY; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 2942642358     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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