Brain and optic nerve ischemia in malaria with immune disorders

Journal of Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Gallien, Sebastien ^a   Milea, Dan ^b   Thiebaut, Marie Marthe ^b   Bricaire, François ^b   Le Hoang, Phuc ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy; Antiphospholipid antibodies; Centropontine myelinolysis; Malaria

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; PARASITE ANTIBODY; QUININE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SELF MEDICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; TRAVEL;

EID: 33845594861     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.03.017     Document Type: Article

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