Deficits in delayed memory following cerebral malaria: A case study

Cortex

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 385-388

  Grote, Christopher L ^a   Pierre Louis, Serge J C ^b   Durward, William F ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MALARIA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOMENCLATURE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030857776     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70014-5     Document Type: Article

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