Spontaneous splenic rupture in a pregnant Sudanese woman with falciparum malaria: A case report

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 735-736

  Adam, I ^a   Adam, E S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b New Halfa Teaching Hospital Sudan   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; HEMOGLOBIN; QUININE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BACKACHE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; GIEMSA STAIN; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NAUSEA; PREGNANT WOMAN; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SUDAN; SWEATING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC RUPTURE; SUDAN;

EID: 34447642163     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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