Thrombocytopenia in hospitalized malaria patients

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-143

  Memon, Abdul Rauf ^a   Afsar, Salahuddin ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hospitalized patients; Malaria; Occurrence; Severity; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33744458977     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: 1682024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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