Severe and complicated malaria in KwaZulu-Natal

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 653-656

  Soni, P N ^a   Gouws, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; UREA;

ACIDEMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION; SOUTH AFRICA; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUININE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0029816736     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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