Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 9 , Pages 509-513 , September 2004

Artemether in the treatment of falciparum malaria during pregnancy in eastern Sudan

  • Ishag Adam

      Affiliations

    • New Halfa Teaching Hospital, P.O. Box 61, New Halfa, Sudan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +249-421-22101/21880; fax: +249-421-22070.
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  • Eltaib Elwasila

      Affiliations

    • New Halfa Teaching Hospital, P.O. Box 61, New Halfa, Sudan
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  • Daw Alnour Mohammed Ali

      Affiliations

    • New Halfa Teaching Hospital, P.O. Box 61, New Halfa, Sudan
    • ,
  • Elhassan Elansari

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Kassalla, Kassalla, Sudan
    • ,
  • Mustafa Idris Elbashir

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

Received 29 July 2003 ,Revised 30 October 2003 ,Accepted 12 November 2003.

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PII: S0035-9203(04)00080-X

doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2003.11.008

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 9 , Pages 509-513 , September 2004

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