Review article: Blood-brain barrier in falciparum malaria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-292

  Gitau, E N ^a   Newton, C R J C ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier impairment; Falciparum malaria

Indexed keywords

MALARIA;

AGITATION; ANIMAL MODEL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BARRIER; BRAIN MALARIA; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MICE;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 15244357521     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01366.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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