Platelet-induced clumping of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes from Malawian patients with cerebral malaria - Possible modulation in vivo by thrombocytopenia

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-78

  Wassmer, Samuel Crocodile ^a,c   Taylor, Terrie ^b,d   MacLennan, Calman Alexander ^a,e   Kanjala, Maxwell ^a   Mukaka, Mavuto ^a   Molyneux, Malcolm Edward ^a   Grau, Georges Emile ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b Blantyre Malaria Project   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; PARASITEMIA; PLASMA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 39349084303     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523761     Document Type: Article

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