Prognostic Implication of Hypocalcemia and QTc Interval in Malaria

Indian Journal of Malariology

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 61-67

  Soni, C L ^a   Kumhar, M R ^a   Gupta, B K ^a   Singh, V B ^a   Srimali, L ^a   Nayak, K C ^a   Chadda, V S ^a  

^a S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Calcium; Hypocalcemia; QTc prolongation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; INCIDENCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0034285798     PISSN: 03678326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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