Association between serum levels of reactive nitrogen intermediates and coma in children with cerebral malaria in Papua New Guinea

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 270-273

  Al Yaman, F M ^a   Mokela, D ^c   Genton, B ^d   Rockett, K A ^b   Alpers, M P ^d   Clark, I A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^c Madang General Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

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

Author keywords

Malaria; Papua New Guinea; Plasmodium falciparum; Prognostic indicator; Reactive nitrogen intermediates

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; COMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029895211     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90243-6     Document Type: Article

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