| Title |
Fatal cardiotoxicity related to halofantrine: a review based on a worldwide safety data base
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, December 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-8-289 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Olivier Bouchaud, Patrick Imbert, Jean Etienne Touze, Alex NO Dodoo, Martin Danis, Fabrice Legros |
| Abstract |
Halofantrine (HF) was considered an effective and safe treatment for multi-drug resistant falciparum malaria until 1993, when the first case of drug-associated death was reported. Since then, numerous studies have confirmed cardiac arrythmias, possibly fatal, in both adults and children. The aim of the study was to review fatal HF related cardiotoxicity. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 64 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Thailand | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 59 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 16% |
| Researcher | 9 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 13% |
| Lecturer | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 19% |
| Unknown | 14 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 22% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 11% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 17% |
| Unknown | 19 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
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