Acute non-cardiogenic lung injury in benign tertian malaria

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9070, 1997, Pages 31-32

  Torres, Jaime R ^a   Perez, Hilda ^b   Postigo, María M ^b   Silva, Jose R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIURESIS; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG DISEASE; MALARIA; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0030955845     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(05)66241-1     Document Type: Article

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