The clinical pattern and complications of severe malaria in the Gizan region of Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 378-380

  Banzal, S ^a   Ayoola, E A ^a   El Sammani, E E ^a   Rahim, S I ^a   Subramaniam, P ^a   Gadour, M O E ^a   Jain, A K ^a  

^a King Fahad Central Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0033383434     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1999.378     Document Type: Article

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