Hypoglycaemia is an important complication of falciparum malaria

QJM

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 477-483

  Phillips, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REVIEW;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALARIA; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUININE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024395560     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.qjmed.a068342     Document Type: Article

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