Clinical algorithm for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 8996, 1996, Pages 223-227

  Redd, Stephen C ^a,e   Kazembe, Peter N ^b   Luby, Stephen P ^a   Nwanyanwu, Okey ^c   Hightower, Allen W ^a   Ziba, Charles ^c   Wirima, Jack J ^d   Chitsulo, Lester ^c   Franco, Ciro ^c   Olivar, Michael ^c  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEVER; GIEMSA STAIN; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MALE; NAIL COLOR DEFECT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RISK; SPLENOMEGALY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 13344270896     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90404-3     Document Type: Article

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