Great clinical trial, flawed editorial response
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A response to and comment on Pre-referral rectal artesunate in severe malaria: a flawed trial, by Karim F Hirji and Zulfiqarali G Premji.
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عنوان ژورنال: Breathe
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1810-6838,2073-4735
DOI: 10.1183/18106838.0701.089