Severe malaria in children in Papua New Guinea

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 779-788

  Allen, S J ^a,b   O'Donnell, A ^a,b   Alexander, N D E ^b   Clegg, J B ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CREATININE; LACTIC ACID;

ACIDOSIS; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERLACTATEMIA; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029856834     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/89.10.779     Document Type: Article

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