Splenic complications in malaria: Report of two cases from Turkey

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1255-1258

  Ozsoy, M F ^a   Oncul, O ^a   Pekkafali, Z ^a   Pahsa, A ^a   Yenen, O S ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN DISEASE; TROPHOZOITE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES; SPLENIC RUPTURE; TURKEY;

EID: 11144238976     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05428-0     Document Type: Article

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