Serum creatinine levels and reactive nitrogen intermediates in children with cerebral malaria in Papua New Guinea

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 303-305

  Al Yaman, Fadwa ^a   Awburn, Melissa M ^a   Clark, Ian A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coma; Creatinine; Malaria; Nitrate; Nitrite; Plasmodium falciparum; Renal function

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030925153     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90085-7     Document Type: Article

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