Clinical presentation and diagnosis of cerebral malaria in children in the highlands of western Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-92

  Esamai, F ^a   Nabakwe, E ^a   Mining, S ^a   Forsberg, P ^b   Lewis, D H ^b  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUININE; RAIN;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; MALARIA; MONITORING;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KENYA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON;

ALTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

KENYA;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS;

EID: 0032706647     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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