The pathogenesis of severe malaria in African children

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 395-402

  Marsh, K ^a   English, M ^b   Crawley, J ^b   Peshu, N ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b KEMRI ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; KENYA; LACTIC ACIDEMIA; MALARIA; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029835693     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1996.11813068     Document Type: Article

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