Hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly in Europeans: Report of five cases

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 322-324

  Puente, Sabino ^a   Subirats, Mercedes ^a   Benito, Agustin ^b,c   Rubio, Jose M ^b   González Lahoz, Juan M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; HALOFANTRINE; QUININE SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER BIOPSY; MALARIA; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; TROPIC SPLENOMEGALY SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0035664591     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2001.23982     Document Type: Article

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