Human cerebral malaria: A pathological study

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 223-231

  Maung Oo, Maung ^a   Aikawa, Masamichi ^c   Than, Than ^a   Maung Aye, Tin ^b   Myint, Pe Than A ^d   Igarashi, Ikuo ^c   Schoene, William C ^e  

^a Inner Health Ministries   (United States)

^b Defense Service General Hospital   (Myanmar)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Tharrawaddy Hospital ^*  (Myanmar)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral malaria; Electron dense knobs; Focal junctions; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN MALARIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALARIA; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0023103547     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: 15546578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-198703000-00009     Document Type: Article

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