Increased platelet factor 3 activity in Plasmodium Falciparum malaria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 527-529

  Emuchay, C I ^a   Usanga, E A ^b  

^a ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET FACTOR 3;

EID: 0031196418     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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