Thrombocytopenia- an indicator of acute vivax malaria

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 505-508

  Kumar, Aarti ^a,b   Shashirekha, ^a  

^a Mata Chanan Devi Hospital   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute vivax malaria; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEROLOGY; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLATELET COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33845623732     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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