Increased plasma levels of histidine and histamine in falciparum malaria: Relevance to severity of infection

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1273-1287

  Enwonwu, C O ^a,b   Afolabi, B M ^c   Salako, L O ^c   Idigbe, E O ^c   Bashirelahi, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cerebral histamine; Chloroquine therapy; Falciparum malaria; Histaminemia; Plasma histidine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CHLOROQUINE; HISTAMINE; HISTIDINE; PHENYLALANINE; SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIMALARIALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; INFANT; KINETICS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PHENYLALANINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033747107     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007020070017     Document Type: Article

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