Changes in optic nerve head blood flow in children with cerebral malaria and acute papilloedema

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1288-1290

  Beare, N A V ^a,b   Riva, C E ^c   Taylor, T E ^e   Molyneux, M E ^b   Kayira, K ^d   White, V A ^f   Lewallen, S ^g   Harding, S P ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c Institute for Research in Ophthalmology   (Switzerland)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN MALARIA; CAPILLARY FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; PAPILLEDEMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33750439411     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.083956     Document Type: Article

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