Inhaled nitric oxide for the adjunctive therapy of severe malaria: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

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Published in Trials on July 13, 2011

Authors

Michael Hawkes1, Robert O Opoka, Sophie Namasopo, Christopher Miller, Kevin E Thorpe, James V Lavery, Andrea L Conroy, W Conrad Liles, Chandy C John, Kevin C Kain

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada.

Associated clinical trials:

Inhaled Nitric Oxide for the Adjunctive Therapy of Severe Malaria: a Randomized Controlled Trial | NCT01255215

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