Malaria and the erythrocyte

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 132-138

  Coppel, Ross L ^a   Cooke, Brian M ^a   Magowan, Cathy ^b   Narla, Mohandas ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031900866     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00062752-199803000-00008     Document Type: Review

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