Intramuscular Artesunate for Severe Malaria in African Children: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

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In a randomized trial, Sanjeev Krishna and colleagues test for non-inferiority of a simplified artemisinin regimen as treatment for malaria in a low-resource setting.

Vyšlo v časopise: Intramuscular Artesunate for Severe Malaria in African Children: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS Med 13(1): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001938
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In a randomized trial, Sanjeev Krishna and colleagues test for non-inferiority of a simplified artemisinin regimen as treatment for malaria in a low-resource setting.

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