Massive hepatosplenomegaly in a child with malaria

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1090-1092

  Ladhani, Shamez ^a   Dosekun, Efunbo ^a   Patel, Vidya ^a   Shingadia, Delane ^a  

^a NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic malaria; Hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly; Plasmodium falciparum; Tropical splenomegaly syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; FANSIDAR; PROGUANIL; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHLOROGUANIDE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; LIVER; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; SULFADOXINE; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0036845655     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200211000-00030     Document Type: Article

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