Nitric oxides in plasma, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid in patients with severe falciparum malaria

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 497-502

  Dondorp, A M ^a   Planche, T ^b   De Bel, E E ^a   Angus, B J ^c   Chotivanich, K T ^c   Silamut, K ^c   Romijn, J A ^a   Ruangveerayuth, R ^d   Hoek, F J ^a   Kager, P A ^a   Vreeken, J ^a   White, N J ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d MAE SOT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MYANMAR; PATHOGENESIS; THAILAND; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0031708245     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.497     Document Type: Article

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