Artemisinin derivatives versus quinine for cerebral malaria in African children: a systematic review

OBJECTIVE: To summarize the existing evidence on the efficacy of artemether and arteether, two artemisinin derivatives, versus quinine for treating cerebral malaria in children. METHODS: We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, EMBASE and the http://clinicaltrials.gov...

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Main Authors: Hmwe Hmwe Kyu, Eduardo Fernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2009-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862009001200009&lng=en&tlng=en