Interspecies allometric scaling of antimalarial drugs and potential application to pediatric dosing

Pharmacopeial recommendations for administration of antimalarial drugs are the same weight-based (mg/kg of body weight) doses for children and adults. However, linear calculations are known to underestimate pediatric doses; therefore, interspecies allometric scaling data may have a role in predictin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Senarathna, Senarathna Mudiyanselage Dona, Batty, Kevin
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20835