Management of severe malarial anaemia in Gambian children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 557-561

  Bojang, K A ^a,b   Palmer, A ^a   Boele Van Hensbroek, M ^b   Banya, W A S ^b   Greenwood, B M ^b,c  

^a Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Blood transfusion; Children; Iron therapy; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCHOOL CHILD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030697468     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90025-0     Document Type: Article

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