The role of reduced red cell deformability in the pathogenesis of severe falciparum malaria and its restoration by blood transfusion

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 282-286

  Dondorp, A M ^a   Nyanoti, M ^c   Kager, P A ^a   Mithwani, S ^c   Vreeken, J ^b   Marsh, K ^c,d  

^a Department of Infectious Diseases Tropical Medicine and AIDS   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CRC KEMRI Kilifi Unit   (Kenya)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte deformability; Kenya; Malaria; Pathogenesis; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; FATALITY; HUMAN; KENYA; LASER DIFFRACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROCIRCULATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SURVIVAL;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROCIRCULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036061692     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90100-8     Document Type: Article

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