Coma scales for children with severe falciparum malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-165

  Newton, C R J C ^a,b,g   Chokwe, T ^a   Armstrong Schellenberg, J ^c   Winstanley, P A ^a,d   Forster, D ^e   Peshu, N ^a   Kirkham, F J ^f   Marsh, K ^a,e  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g Wolfson Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adelaide coma scale; Blantyre coma scale; Children; Kenya; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; COMA; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SEIZURE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 12644267320     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90207-8     Document Type: Article

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