Serological similarities between hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly and splenic lymphoma in West Africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 463-467

  Wallace, S ^a   Bedu Addo, G ^c   Rutherford, T R ^a   Bates, I ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN CANCER; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; SPLENOMEGALY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031657292     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91095-1     Document Type: Article

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