Use of area under the curve to evaluate the effects of antimalarial drugs on malaria-associated anemia after treatment

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 190-197

  Sowunmi, Akintunde ^a,c   Gbotosho, Grace Olusola ^a   Happi, Christian Tientcha ^a   Folarin, Onikepe ^a   Okuboyejo, Titilope ^a   Michael, Obaro ^a   Fatunmbi, Bayo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

antimalarial drugs; area under curve (AUC); children; malarial anemia

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE PLUS MEFLOQUINE; MEFLOQUINE;

ANEMIA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA ASSOCIATED ANEMIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AMODIAQUINE; ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEFLOQUINE; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 79958028550     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: 15363686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181d169c9     Document Type: Article

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