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Primaquine in vivax malaria: an update and review on management issues

Primaquine was officially licensed as an anti-malarial drug by the FDA in 1952. It has remained the only FDA licensed drug capable of clearing the intra-hepatic schizonts and hypnozoites of Plasmodium vivax. This update and review focuses on five major aspects of primaquine use in treatment of vivax...

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Autores principales: Fernando, Deepika, Rodrigo, Chaturaka, Rajapakse, Senaka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3306765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22152065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-351