Intraleucocytic malaria pigment and clinical severity of malaria in children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 54-56

  Amodu, O K ^a   Adeyemo, A A ^a   Olumese, P E ^a   Gbadegesin, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; Disease severity; Haemozoin; Malaria; Nigeria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

MARKER; PIGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NIGERIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031907433     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90952-X     Document Type: Article

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