Clearance kinetics of parasites and pigment-containing leukocytes in severe malaria

Blood

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4694-4700

  Day, Nicholas P J ^b   Diep, Pham Thi ^b   Ly, Phan Thi ^b   Sinh, Dinh Xuan ^b   Loc, Pham Phu ^b   Van Chuong, Ly ^b   Chau, Tran Thi Hong ^b   Mai, Nguyen Thi Hoang ^b   Bethell, Delia B ^b   Phu, Nguyan Hoan ^b   Hien, Tran Tinh ^b   White, Nicholas J ^a  

^a CHO QUAN HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CLEARANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; KINETICS; LEUKOCYTE; MALARIA; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; PARASITE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 10544236117     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v88.12.4694.bloodjournal88124694     Document Type: Article

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