Treatment of malaria in children with chloroquine.
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TREATMENT OF MALARIA IN CHILDREN WITH CHLOROQUINE By THOMAS L. NELSON, M.D., AND GERALD J. CONLIN, MAJOR, M.C., U.S.A. Ancon, Canal Zone T HE use and advantages of chloroquine over older drugs in the treatment of malaria of adults has been well described by Loeb1 and Most.2 As pointed out by Einhomn,3 the clinical manifestations and treatment of malaria in children may be considerably different from those in adults. Enriquez-Navarro4 has reported on the treatment with chloroquine of 10 children, and Berberian and Dennis5 reported on the treatment with chloroquine of adults and children in field experiments in two Lebanese villages. The purpose of this study was to evaluate better, under close hospital observation, the use of chiomoquine for malaria in children.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Pediatrics
دوره 5 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1950