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To the Editor: White (Sept. 12 issue)¹ is to be commended on an excellent review of the treatment of malaria. However, the recommended dose of quinidine is 6.25 mg of base per kilogram of body weight (10 mg of quinidine gluconate per kilogram by injection) followed by a maintenance dose of 0.0125 mg of base per kilogram per minute (0.02 mg of quinidine gluconate per kilogram per minute by injection),² not "10 mg base/kg . . . followed by 0.02 mg/kg/min" as stated in Table 2 of the review.

Could White comment on why the alternative dosing schedule for quinidine . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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