Can hematological parameters discriminate malaria from nonmalarious acute febrile illness in the tropics?

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 239-244

  Lathia, T B ^a   Joshi, R ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Fever; Malaria; Thrombocytopenia; Tropics

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TROPICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 3242673623     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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