Standardized data collection for multi-center clinical studies of severe malaria in African children: establishing the SMAC network.
The Severe Malaria in African Children (SMAC) network was established to conduct mortality-based trials. Although falciparum malaria kills more than one million children each year, single centers cannot enroll enough patients to detect reductions of 20-30% in mortality rates. Our aim was to quantify...
Auteurs principaux: | Taylor, T, Olola, C, Valim, C, Agbenyega, T, Kremsner, P, Krishna, S, Kwiatkowski, D, Newton, C, Missinou, M, Pinder, M, Wypij, D |
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Format: | Journal article |
Langue: | English |
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2006
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