Thiamine deficiency and malaria in adults from southeast Asia

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9152, 1999, Pages 546-549

  Krishna, S ^a,b,c   Taylor, A M ^b   Supanaranond, W ^a   Pukrittayakamee, S ^a   Ter Kuile, F ^a   Tawfiq, K M ^b   Holloway, P A H ^b   White, N J ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSKETOLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MALARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THAILAND; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033029552     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)06316-8     Document Type: Article

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