Hypoglycaemia on and after admission in Kenyan children with severe malaria

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 191-197

  English, M ^a,b,d   Wale, S ^a   Binns, G ^a   Mwangi, I ^a   Sauerwein, H ^c   Marsh, K ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; LACTIC ACID; QUININE; UREA;

ACIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CHILD; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; KENYA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031906709     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/91.3.191     Document Type: Article

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