Chloroquine-induced bilateral ptosis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 696-697

  Bedu Addo, George ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Chemotherapy; Chloroquine; Ghana; Malaria; Ptosis

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; CHLOROQUINE; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; GHANA; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PTOSIS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ANTIMALARIALS; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33646186579     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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