Artemisinin-based combination therapies and their introduction in Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 375-382

  Kano, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Artemether; Artemisinin based combination therapy (ACT); Artesunate; Dihydroartemisinin (DHA); Drug resistance; Malaria

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMETHER PLUS MEFLOQUINE; ARTEMISIA ANNUA EXTRACT; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ PLUS PIPERAQUINE PLUS PRIMAQUINE; ARTEQUICK; ARTESUNATE; ARTESUNATE PLUS MEFLOQUINE; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; DIHYDROARTEMISININ PLUS PIPERAQUINE; MEFLOQUINE; MINOCYCLINE; PLASMOTRIM RECTOCAPS; PRIMAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; JAPAN; LICENSING; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 78650853998     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-010-0077-1     Document Type: Review

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