Antipyretic effect of ibuprofen in Gabonese children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Matsiégui, Pierre Blaise ^a,b   Missinou, Michel A ^a,b   Necek, Magdalena ^a,b   Mavoungou, Elie ^a   Issifou, Saadou ^a   Lell, Bertrand ^a,b   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,b  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR; IBUPROFEN; PLACEBO; QUININE; ANALGESIC AGENT;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FEVER; GABON; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44849099186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-91     Document Type: Article

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