Short report: Severe malaria associated with blood group

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 122-123

  Fischer, Philip R ^a   Boone, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sanyati Baptist Hospital   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP AB; BLOOD GROUP B; BLOOD GROUP O; BRAIN MALARIA; COMA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; ROSETTE FORMATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031896073     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.122     Document Type: Article

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