Hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly syndrome in a european patient

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 140-141

  Orus J ^a   Martinez, A ^a   Corachan M ^a   Valls, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMEROON; CASE REPORT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LETTER; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; SPAIN; SPLENOMEGALY; SYNDROME;

CAMEROON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN; SPLENOMEGALY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030187083     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559602600324     Document Type: Letter

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