Cerebral malaria pathogenesis: What can we learn from microarray analysis?

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1729-1732

  John, Chandy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MALARIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROVASCULAR ISCHEMIA; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 38349008530     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2007.070917     Document Type: Note

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