Chlorproguanil-dapsone-artesunate versus chlorproguanil-dapsone: A randomized, double-blind, phase III trial in African children, adolescents, and adults with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 969-978

  Tiono, Alfred B ^a   Dicko, Alassane ^b   Ndububa, Dennis A ^c   Agbenyega, Tsiri ^d   Pitmang, Simon ^e   Awobusuyi, Jacob ^f   Pamba, Allan ^g   Duparc, Stephan ^h   Goh, Li Ean ^g   Harrell, Emma ^g   Carter, Nick ^g   Ward, Stephen A ⁱ   Greenwood, Brian ^j   Winstanley, Peter A ^k  

^a MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^e Plateau State Specialist Hospital   (Nigeria)

^f LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^g GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^h International Center Cointrin   (Switzerland)

ⁱ LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^j LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE PLUS CHLORPROGUANIL PLUS DAPSONE; CHLORPROGUANIL PLUS DAPSONE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; CHLORPROGUANIL; DAPSONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PROGUANIL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; GHANA; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MALI; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGERIA; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; DRUG COMBINATION; GENETICS; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 1; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TIME;

ARTESUNATE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROGUANIDE; DAPSONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE I; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73949129311     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0351     Document Type: Article

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