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Treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria with quinine in children in Guinea-Bissau: one daily dose is sufficient

✍ Scribed by Poul-Erik Kofoed; Fernando Có; Anja Poulsen; Claudina Cabral; Kathryn Hedegaard; Peter Aaby; Lars Rombo

Book ID: 108368613
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 510 KB
Volume: 96
Category: Article
ISSN: 0035-9203
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90298-1

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