A prognostic role for anti-phosphatidyl choline antibodies in human cerebral malaria

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 442-445

  Das, B K ^a   Parida, S ^b   Ravindran, B ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

^b SCB Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral malaria; Phosphatidyl choline antibodies; Plasmodium falciparum; Prognosis; Tumour necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029877677     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1996.tb08300.x     Document Type: Article

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