Correlation of retinal haemorrhages with brain haemorrhages in children dying of cerebral malaria in Malawi

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 618-621

  White, Valerie A ^a   Lewallen, Susan ^a,f   Beare, Nicholas ^b,c   Kayira, Kondwani ^c   Carr, Richard A ^d   Taylor, Terrie E ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain; Cerebral malaria; Haemorrhage; Histopathology; Malaria; Malawi; Plasmodium falciparum; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MALARIA; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; RETINA EXAMINATION; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; TISSUE SECTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0035723404     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90097-5     Document Type: Article

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