Procalcitonin serum levels in tertian malaria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-3

  Manegold, Christoph ^a   Schmiedel, Stefan ^a   Chiwakata, Collins B ^a   Dietrich, Manfred ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; MEFLOQUINE; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; TERTIAN MALARIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042594154     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-2-1     Document Type: Article

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