Hyper-reactive malarial splenomegaly in a European patient after residence in Africa;Splenomegalie malarique hyperreactive chez un Europeen revenant d'Afrique

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 431-433

  Granier, H ^a   Vatan, R ^a   Nicolas, X ^a   Richecoeur M ^a   Martin, J ^a  

^a Military Teaching Hospital Clermont Tonnerre   (France)

Author keywords

Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGO; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALARIA; MALE; SPLENOMEGALY; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; FRANCE; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CONGO; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALARIA; MALE; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0032694740     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-8663(99)83096-3     Document Type: Article

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