Effects of amodiaquine, artesunate, and artesunate-amodiaquine on Plasmodium falciparum malaria-associated anaemia in children

Acta Tropica

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-60

  Sowunmi, Akintunde ^a   Balogun, Sulayman T ^a   Gbotosho, Grace O ^a   Happi, Christian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Amodiaquine; Anaemia; Artesunate; Children; Haematocrit; Malaria; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTESUNATE;

ANEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TREATMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRUG; MALARIA; PROTOZOAN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA ASSOCIATED ANEMIA; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AMODIAQUINE; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ARTESUNATE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 56949106186     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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