A randomized trial of artesunate mefloquine versus artemether lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Senegalese children

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 140-144

  Faye, Babacar ^a   Ndiaye, Jean Louis ^a   Tine, Roger ^a   Sylla, Khadim ^a   Gueye, Ali ^a   Lô, Aminata Colle ^a   Gaye, Oumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE PLUS MEFLOQUINE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; OPEN STUDY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTESUNATE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 74049133225     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0265     Document Type: Article

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