A review of the spectrum of clinical ocular fundus findings in P. falciparum malaria in African children with a proposed classification and grading system

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 619-622

  Lewallen, Susan ^a   Harding, Simon P ^b   Ajewole, Jeff ^c   Schulenburg, W Edmund ^d   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^e,f   Marsh, Kevin ^g   Usen, Stanley ^h   White, Nicholas J ⁱ   Taylor, Terrie E ^e,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c National Eye Care Project   (Gambia)

^d WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^h MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

ⁱ MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^j MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Classification system; Kenya; Malaria; Malawi; Ophthalmology; Plasmodium falciparum; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE FUNDUS; GAMBIA; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; PAPILLEDEMA; PATHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RETINA HEMORRHAGE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033385134     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90071-8     Document Type: Review

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