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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 105, 2011 - Issue 6
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Original Article

Quality of chloroquine tablets available in Africa

C W SAWADOGO Department of Pharmacology and ToxicologyFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Soussi, Rabat, Morocco
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M AMOOD AL-KAMARANY Department of Pharmacology and ToxicologyFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Soussi, Rabat, MoroccoCorrespondence[email protected]
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H M AL-MEKHLAFI Department of ParasitologyFaculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Department of ParasitologyFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sana’a University, PO Box1247, Sana’a, Yemen
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M ELKARBANE Department of Pharmacology and ToxicologyFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Soussi, Rabat, Morocco; Physicochemical ServiceDrugs Quality Control Laboratory, Direction of Drugs and Pharmacy, Ministry of Health, Rabat, Morocco
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A H AL-ADHROEY Department of ParasitologyFaculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Y CHERRAH Department of Pharmacology and ToxicologyFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Soussi, Rabat, Morocco
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A BOUKLOUZE Department of Pharmacology and ToxicologyFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Soussi, Rabat, Morocco
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Pages 447-453 | Received 14 Feb 2011, Accepted 28 Jun 2011, Published online: 22 Nov 2013

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