Current status of the clinical development and implementation of paediatric artemisinin combination therapies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 123, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 7-9

  Agnandji, Selidji Todagbe ^a,b   Kurth, Florian ^a,b   Bélard, Sabine ^a,c   Mombo Ngoma, Ghyslain ^a,b,e   Basra, Arti ^a,b   Fernandes, José Francisco ^a,b   Soulanoudjingar, Solange Solmeheim ^a,b   Adegnika, Akim Ayola ^a,b   Ramharter, Michael ^a,b,d  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Africa; Malaria; Paediatrics; Pharmaceutical preparations; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE PLUS MEFLOQUINE; ARTESUNATE PLUS PYRONARIDINE; COARSUCAM ASAQ; DIHYDROARTEMISININ PLUS PIPERAQUIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; MALARIA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PALATABILITY; POWDER; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SUSPENSION; SWALLOWING; SYRUP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TABLET; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE;

EID: 83655201424     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: 16137671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-011-0039-3     Document Type: Review

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