Artemisinin Combination Therapy: A Good Antimalarial, but Is the Dose Right?
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Artemisinin Combination Therapy: A Good Antimalarial, but Is the Dose Right?
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1549-1676
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001565