Contribution of nonspecific laboratory test to the diagnosis of malaria in febrile travelers returning from endemic areas: Value of hypocholesterolemia

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 117-121

  Badiaga, Sékéné ^a   Barrau, Karine ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a   Brouqui, Philippe ^a   Delmont, Jean ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL; TROPICS;

EID: 0036086247     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2002.23842     Document Type: Article

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