Journal article
A meta-analysis using individual patient data of trials comparing artemether with quinine in the treatment of severe falciparum malaria.
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We conducted a meta-analysis using individual patient data from randomized controlled trials comparing artemether and quinine in severe falciparum malaria. Eleven trials were identified, of which 8 were clearly randomized. Original individual patient data on 1919 patients were obtained from 7 trials, representing 85% of the patients in the original 11 studies. Overall there were 136 deaths among the 961 patients treated with artemether, compared with 164 in the 958 treated with quinine [14% v...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Volume:
- 95
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 637-650
- Publication date:
- 2001-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1878-3503
- ISSN:
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0035-9203
- Source identifiers:
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71265
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:71265
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- pubs:71265
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2001
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