Malaria: Hematological aspects

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 372-376

  Bashawri, Layla A M ^a   Mandil, Ahmed ^a   Bahnassy, Ahmed A ^a   Ahmed, Mirghani A ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PANCYTOPENIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0036765899     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2002.372     Document Type: Article

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