Is ultrasound a useful adjunct for assessing malaria patients?

Parasitology Research

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 349-353

  Richter, Joachim ^a   De Bernardis, Chiara ^a   Sagir, Abdurrahman ^a   Walter, Susanne ^a   Savalli, Eliana ^b   Häussinger, Dieter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LIVER SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 11144283202     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1208-3     Document Type: Article

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