A trial of artemether or quinine in children with cerebral malaria

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 69-75

  Van Hensbroek, Michaël Boele ^a,d,g   Onyiorah, Emeka ^a   Jaffar, Shabbar ^a   Schneider, Gisela ^b   Palmer, Ayo ^c   Frenkel, Joost ^d   Enwere, Godwin ^c   Forck, Sabine ^b   Nusmeijer, Anneliese ^d   Bennett, Steve ^e   Greenwood, Brian ^a   Kwiatkowski, Dominic ^f  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b Sibanor Health Centre   (Gambia)

^c Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; FANSIDAR; QUININE;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEVER; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUININE; SESQUITERPENES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8944252797     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199607113350201     Document Type: Article

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