Investigation of familial segregation of hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly in Kumasi, Ghana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-73

  Martin Peprah, Ruby ^a   Bates, Imelda ^b   Bedu Addo, George ^a,c   Kwiatkowski, Dominic P ^d  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Familial segregation; Ghana; Hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FEMALE; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GHANA; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERREACTIVE MALARIAL SPLENOMEGALY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 28244490597     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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