Cerebral malaria in children

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-58

  John, Chandy C ^a   Idro, Richard I ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Cerebral malaria; Children; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; FANSIDAR; HALOFANTRINE; HEPARIN; HISTIDINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEFLOQUINE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; QUINIDINE; QUININE; QUININE SULFATE; TETRACYCLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MALARIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GIEMSA STAIN; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; IRRITABILITY; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; STUPOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037250993     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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