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Guidelines for the treatment of malaria – 2 edition

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Guidelines for the treatment of malaria -- 2nd edition.

1.Malaria – drug therapy. 2.Malaria – diagnosis. 3.Antimalarials – administration and
dosage. 4. Drug therapy, Combination. 5.Guidelines. I.World Health Organization.

ISBN 978 92 4 154792 5 (NLM classification: WC 770)

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