Severe falciparum malaria with hyperparasitaemia: Management without exchange blood transfusion

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 820-823

  Fontes, C J F ^a,b   Munhoz, S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO JÚLIO MÜLLER   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

conventional drug therapy; Plasmodium falciparum hyperparasitaemia

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FUROSEMIDE; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030450033     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00117.x     Document Type: Article

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