Methodological issues in the assessment of antimalarial drug treatment: analysis of 13 studies in eight African countries from 2001 to 2004.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on September 05, 2006

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Jean-Paul Guthmann1, Loretxu Pinoges, Francesco Checchi, Simon Cousens, Suna Balkan, Michel van Herp, Dominique Legros, Piero Olliaro

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1: Epicentre, 8 rue Saint Sabin, 75011 Paris, France. jguthmann@epicentre.msf.org

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