Efficacy and safety of Artemehter-Lumefantrine in uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Liberia

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-134

  Rasheed, Abdul ^a   Khan, Sabir Mehmood ^a   Awan, Muhammad Younis ^a   Khurshid, Umar ^a   Ahmad, Kaleem ^a  

^a UN Level II Hospital   (Liberia)

Author keywords

Artemether Lumefantrine combination; Malaria; Uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; DIMENHYDRINATE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIBERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDER; VERTIGO; VOMITING; WARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORENES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIBERIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251478431     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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