Severe malaria in west African children [7]

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9366, 2003, Pages 1393-

  Kurtzhals, Jørgen A L ^a,b,c   Helleberg, Marie ^c   Goka, Bamenla Q ^a   Akanmori, Bartholomew D ^b  

^a KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; NEOPTERIN;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROPENIA; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALARIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0242585036     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13068-1     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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