Two cases of fulminant hepatitis during a curative treatment with an artesunate-amodiaquine combination;Deux hépatites fulminantes survenues au cours d'un traitement curatif par l'association artésunate-amodiaquine

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-60

  Guevart E ^a   Aguemon A ^b  

^a Ambassade de France ^*  (Benin)

^b Centre national hospitalo universitaire Hubert K Maga   (Benin)

Author keywords

Amodiaquine artemisinine combination; Lethal hepatitis

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; ARTESUNATE;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA;

ADULT; AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; MALARIA;

EID: 58049213871     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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