Elevated levels of methaemoglobin in Tanzanian children with severe and uncomplicated malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-151

  Anstey, Nicholas M ^a,b,c   Hassanali, Mushtaq Y ^a   Mlalasi, Juliana ^a   Manyenga, Denis ^a   Mwaikambo, Esther D ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Malaria; Methaemoglobinaemia; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

METHEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; TANZANIA; TISSUE PERFUSION;

EID: 0029877904     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90118-2     Document Type: Article

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