Pharmacokinetics of antimalarials in pregnancy: A systematic review

Clinical Pharmacokinetics

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 705-723

  Wilby, Kyle J ^a   Ensom, Mary H H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimalarials; Artemether; Artemetherlumefantrine; Atovaquone; Azithromycin; Chloroquine; Cycloguanil embonate; Lumefantrine; Mefloquine; Pregnancy; Proguanil; Pyrimethamine; Pyrimethaminesulfadoxine; Quinine; Sulfadoxine

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; CLINDAMYCIN; CYCLOGUANIL EMBONATE; MACROLIDE; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; PROGUANIL; PYRIMETHAMINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; SULFADOXINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SAFETY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALARIA; METABOLITE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; ATOVAQUONE; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HUMANS; MALARIA; MEFLOQUINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROGUANIL; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; SULFADOXINE;

EID: 80053587416     PISSN: 03125963     EISSN: 11791926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11594550-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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