A pharmacokinetic approach to assess artemisinin-naphthoquine combination therapy for uncomplicated pediatric malaria

Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 521-524

  Liu, Rong ^a   Dong, Hui Fen ^a   Jiang, Ming Sen ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ACTs; artemisinin; naphthoquine; pharmacokinetics; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; uncomplicated pediatric malaria

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; NAPHTHOQUINONE;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNCOMPLICATED PEDIATRIC MALARIA;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868574058     PISSN: 17512433     EISSN: 17512441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ecp.12.40     Document Type: Review

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