Predictors of a fatal outcome following childhood cerebral malaria

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-24

  Jaffar, Shabbar ^a   Van Hensbroek, Michael Boele ^b   Palmer, Ayo ^c   Schneider, Gisela ^d   Greenwood, Brian ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^d Sibanor Health Centre   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; QUININE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030844484     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.20     Document Type: Article

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