Developmental impairments following severe falciparum malaria in children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-10

  Carter, Julie A ^a,b   Ross, Amanda J ^b,c   Neville, Brian G R ^a   Obiero, Elizabeth ^b   Katana, Khamis ^b   Mung'ala Odera, Victor ^b   Lees, Janet A ^a   Newton, Charles R J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Child development; Falciparum malaria; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; MALARIA; NEUROLOGY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEARING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHONETICS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISION;

CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KENYA; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEIZURES; SPEECH DISORDERS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 13244290219     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01345.x     Document Type: Article

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