Haemolytic crisis of blackwater fever following artemether-lumefantrine intake;Hémolyse intravasculaire après prise d'artémé ther-luméfantrine

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 296-298

  Alon, N M ^a   Nsangu, N M ^a   Kunuanunua, T ^a   Kadima, T B ^a   Muanda, T F ^b  

^a Clinique Universitaire de Kinshasa   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

Author keywords

Amino alcohol; Artemether; Blackwater fever; Democratic Republic of Congo; Hospital; Kinshasa; Lumefantrine; Malaria; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATION; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; BLACKWATER FEVER; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FLUORENES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 78650506508     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13149-010-0076-6     Document Type: Article

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