Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha in Patients with Malaria

Indian Journal of Malariology

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 27-33

  Singh, Sarman ^a   Singh, Niti ^a   Handa, Rohini ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral malaria; Falciparum malaria; India; Malaria patients; Tumor necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORTALITY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034160674     PISSN: 03678326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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