Hepatomegaly in acute falciparum malaria in children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 540-542

  Sowunmi, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Hepatomegaly; Malaria; Nigeria; Plasmodium falciparum; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LIVER SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEX RATIO; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029956431     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90313-2     Document Type: Article

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