Plasmodium malariae infection in an asymptomatic 74-year-old Greek woman with splenomegaly

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 367-371

  Vinetz, Joseph M ^a,b   Li, Jun ^a   McCutchan, Thomas F ^a   Kaslow, David C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALARIA; METHOTREXATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0032484995     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199802053380605     Document Type: Article

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