Clinical pattern and outcome in children with acute severe falciparum malaria at Jos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 823-826

  Angyo, I A ^a   Pam, S D ^b   Szlachetka, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORTALITY; PARASITEMIA; SEIZURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030418767     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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