A phase II dose-ranging study of sitamaquine for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in India

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1005-1011

  Jha, Tara K ^b   Sundar, Shyam ^b,c   Thakur, Chandreshwar P ^d   Felton, J Mark ^a   Sabin, Antony J ^a   Horton, John ^e  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Kala azar Research Center   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Balaji Utthan Sansthan   (India)

^e Kala Azar Research Center ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SITAMAQUINE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; INDIA; JAUNDICE; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; VOMITING;

EID: 29844441606     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.1005     Document Type: Article

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