Acute hepatitis and atovaquone/proguanil

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 289-290

  Grieshaber, Matthias ^a,b   Lämmli, Jürg ^c   Marcus, Louis ^d  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Private Practice in Internal Medicine   (Switzerland)

^d Medical University of Southern Africa ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; PROGUANIL;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG SAFETY; EYE JAUNDICE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; MALARIA; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 30444445716     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2005.12510     Document Type: Article

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