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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 88, 1994 - Issue 2
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Randomized trial of mefloquine alone and artesunate followed by mefloquine for the treatment of acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria

S. LooareesuwanDepartment of Clinical Tropical Medicine and Bangkok Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok10400, Thailand
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S. VanijanontaDepartment of Clinical Tropical Medicine and Bangkok Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok10400, Thailand
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C. ViravanDepartment of Clinical Tropical Medicine and Bangkok Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok10400, Thailand
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P. WilairatanaDepartment of Clinical Tropical Medicine and Bangkok Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok10400, Thailand
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P. CharoenlarpDepartment of Clinical Tropical Medicine and Bangkok Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok10400, Thailand
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M. AndrialMedical Department, Mepha Ltd., Pharmaceutical Research, Development and Manufacture, Aesch-Basel, Switzerland
Pages 131-136 | Received 22 Nov 1993, Accepted 04 Jan 1994, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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Ric N Price. (2000) Artemisinin drugs: novel antimalarial agents. Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs 9:8, pages 1815-1827.
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P. Wilairatana, P. Viriyavejakul, S. Looareesuwan & T. Chongsuphajaisiddhi. (1997) Artesunate suppositories: an effective treatment for severe falciparum malaria in rural areas. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 91:7, pages 891-896.
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S. Looareesuwan, P. Wilairatana, S. Vanijanonta, P. Pitisuttithum, C. Viravan & K. Kraisintu. (1996) Treatment of acute, uncomplicated, falciparum malaria with oral dihydroartemisinin. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 90:1, pages 21-28.
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S. Looareesuwan, P. Wilairatana, S. Vanijanonta, C. Viravan & M. Andrial. (1995) Efficacy and tolerability of a sequential, artesunate suppository plus mefloquine, treatment of severe falciparum malaria. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 89:5, pages 469-475.
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Sue J. Lee, Feiko O. ter Kuile, Ric N. Price, Christine Luxemburger & Fran?ois Nosten. (2017) Adverse effects of mefloquine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Thailand: A pooled analysis of 19, 850 individual patients. PLOS ONE 12:2, pages e0168780.
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Kevin T Batty, Kenneth F Ilett, M E Davis & Timothy. (1996) Chemical Stability of Artesunate Injection and Proposal for its Administration by Intravenous Infusion. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 48:1, pages 22-26.
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Philip U Agomo, Martin M Meremikwu, Ismaila M Watila, Innocent J Omalu, Friday A Odey, Stephen Oguche, Valentine I Ezeiru & Olugbenga O Aina. (2008) Efficacy, safety and tolerability of artesunate-mefloquine in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in four geographic zones of Nigeria. Malaria Journal 7:1.
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Sunan Nakornchai & Phattanapong Konthiang. (2006) Potentiation of antimalarial drug action by chlorpheniramine against multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in vitro. Parasitology International 55:3, pages 195-199.
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Hasifa Bukirwa & Lois C Orton. (2005) Artesunate plus mefloquine versus mefloquine for treating uncomplicated malaria. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019:5.
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C J Woodrow, R K Haynes & S Krishna. (2005) Artemisinins. Postgraduate Medical Journal 81:952, pages 71-78.
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Heather McIntosh & Piero Olliaro. (1999) Artemisinin derivatives for treating uncomplicated malaria. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
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P Wilairatana, P Chanthavanich, P Singhasivanon, S Treeprasertsuk, S Krudsood, K Chalermrut, C Phisalaphong, S Looareesuwan & K Kraisintu. (1998) A comparison of three different dihydroartemisinin formulations for the treatment of acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Thailand. International Journal for Parasitology 28:8, pages 1213-1218.
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S Looareesuwan, P Wilairatana, S Vanijanonta, P Pitisuttithum, Y Ratanapong & M Andrial. (1997) Monotherapy with sodium artesunate for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Thailand: a comparison of 5- and 7-day regimens. Acta Tropica 67:3, pages 197-205.
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B. Bwijo, M. Hassan Alin, N. Abbas, W. Wernsdorfer & A. Björkman. (2009) Efficacy of artemisinin and mefloquine combinations against Plasmodium falciparum. In vitro simulation of in vivo pharmacokinetics . Tropical Medicine & International Health 2:5, pages 461-467.
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