Splenic rupture as a complication of P. falciparum malaria after residence in the tropics. Report of two cases

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 374-377

  De Aguirre, Z ^a   De Droogh, E ^a   Van Den Ende, J ^a,b   Lynen, L ^b   De Praetere, K ^a   Demey, H E ^a   De Schepper, A ^a   Hubens, G ^a   Colebunders, R ^a,b  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; DOXYCYCLINE; HALOFANTRINE; MEFLOQUINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; TROPICS;

EID: 0032455116     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17843286.1998.11754195     Document Type: Article

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