Hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly in Europeans

Giornale Italiano di Medicina Tropicale

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 61-64

  Eseme, Franklyn ^a   Lodesani, Claudia ^b   Amicarelli, Elena ^c   Marocco, Stefania ^a   Monteiro, Geraldo ^a   Anselmi, Mariella ^a   Bisoffi, Zeno ^a  

^a Ospedale S Cuore   (Italy)

^b Medici senza Frontiere ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EUROPE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERREACTIVE MALARIA SPLENOMEGALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; SPLENOMEGALY; SYNDROME;

EID: 12444287918     PISSN: 03943445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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