Occurrence of thrombocytopenia in Plasmodium vivax malaria [7]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 130-131

  Rodríguez Morales, Alfonso J ^a   Sánchez, Elia ^b   Vargas, Miguel ^b   Piccolo, Carmelina ^b   Colina, Rosa ^b   Arria, Melissa ^b   Franco Paredes, Carlos ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b Hospital Santos Anibal Dominicci   (Venezuela)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ANEMIA; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 20844453948     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430837     Document Type: Letter

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