Tumor necrosis factor in falciparum malaria

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 609-614

  Gandapur, Abdus Salam Khan ^a   Malik, Salman A ^b  

^a GOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030512017     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.609     Document Type: Article

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