Fractionated heparin for the therapeutic treatment of malaria
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The invention relates to the use of heparin with low affinity for antithrombin III for the preparation of a medicament in the treatment of malaria. The amount of the heparin with low affinity for antithrombin III could be between 2 and 200 mg in the medicament and the anticoagulant activity is preferably .ltoreq.30 IU/mg as determined by APTT.