Thrombocytopenia and Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children with different exposures

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 540-541

  Moulin, F ^a   Lesage, F ^a,b   Legros, A H ^a   Maroga, C ^c   Moussavou, A ^c   Guyon, P ^b   Marc, E ^a   Gendrel, Dominique ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PRINCIPAL DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^c Hopital Pediatrique d'Owendo   (Gabon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GABON; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 0038020972     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.6.540     Document Type: Article

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