Ataxia and Slurred Speech after Artesunate Treatment for Falciparum Malaria
- 1 May 1997
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 336 (18) , 1328-1329
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199705013361818
Abstract
Artemisinin compounds are used to treat Plasmodium falciparum infections in many countries worldwide.1,2 We describe a patient with acute cerebellar dysfunction that was temporally associated with the ingestion of artesunate.Keywords
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