Changes in procalcitonin and interleukin 6 levels among treated African patients with different clinical forms of malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 305-306

  Richard Lenoble, Dominique ^a   Duong, Thanh Hai ^a   Ferrer, Alain ^a   Lacombe, Catherine ^b   Assicot, Marcel ^b   Gendrel, Dominique ^c   Bohuon, Claude ^b   Kombila, Maryvonne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Interleukin 6; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031132907     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90086-9     Document Type: Article

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