Cerebral malaria in Indian adults : A prospective study of 441 patients from Bikaner, North-West India

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 234-241

  Kochar, D K ^a   Shubhakaran, ^a   Kumawat, B L ^a   Kochar, S K ^a   Halwai, M ^a   Makkar, R K ^a   Joshi, A ^a   Thanvi, Indu ^a  

^a S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036463718     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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