Prognostic significance and course of retinopathy in children with severe malaria

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1141-1147

  Beare, Nicholas A ^a,b   Southern, Caroline ^a   Chalira, Chipo ^b   Taylor, Terrie E ^b,c   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^b,d   Harding, Simon P ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANEMIA; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUININE; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 3543103260     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.8.1141     Document Type: Article

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