Laboratory indicators of the diagnosis and course of imported malaria

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 707-713

  Gjørup, Ida E ^a,c   Vestergaard, Lasse S ^a   Møller, Kirsten ^a   Rønn, Anita M ^a   Bygbjerg, Ib C ^a,b  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLOROQUINE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; PROGUANIL; PROTHROMBIN; QUININE;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROSCOPY; NIGERIA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PLATELETS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL;

EID: 34547526874     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701225710     Document Type: Article

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