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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 78, 1984 - Issue 3
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The activity of proguanil and its metabolites, cycloguanil and p-chlorophenylbiguanide, against Plasmodium falciparum in vitro

W. M. WatkinsDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya
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D. G. SixsmithDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya
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J. D. ChulayClinical Research Centre, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya and U.S. Army Medical Research Unit, Kenya
Pages 273-278 | Received 05 Oct 1982, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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