Parasitaemia changes in the course of treatment of severe malaria patients with artemether and quinine (A preliminary study)

Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-323

  Osonuga, Odusoga Adeleke ^a   Osonuga, Ifabunmi Oduyemi ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Artemether; Malaria; Parasitaemia; Quinine

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; QUININE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PALLOR; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 73649108864     PISSN: 18575749     EISSN: 18575773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3889/MJMS.1857-5773.2009.0077     Document Type: Article

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