Normal riboflavin status in malaria patients in Gabon

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 182-185

  Traunmüller, Friederike ^a   Ramharter, Michael ^a   Lagler, Heimo ^a   Thalhammer, Florian ^a   Kremsner, Peter G ^b   Graninger, Wolfgang ^a   Winkler, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GABON; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; GABON; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIBOFLAVIN; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0037317827     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.182     Document Type: Article

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