Novel fibrillar structure confers adhesive property to malaria-infected erythrocytes

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 204-208

  Scholander, Carin ^a   Treutiger, Carl Johan ^a   Hultenby, Kjell ^b   Wahlgren, Mats ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN MALARIA; CASE REPORT; CELL ADHESION; ERYTHROCYTE; FIBER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALARIA; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030020836     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0296-204     Document Type: Article

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