Hypoglycemia in falciparum malaria: is fasting an unrecognized and insufficiently emphasized risk factor?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 410-415

  Thien, Huynh V ^a,b   Kager, Piet A ^b   Sauerwein, Hans P ^b  

^a Bao Loc General Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; GLUCOGENESIS; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTAKE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746862035     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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