Spontaneous spleen rupture in the course of malaria;Rupture spontanée de la rate au cours du paludisme

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 153-155

  Abouzahir, A ^a   Bouchama, R ^b  

^a 5e Hôpital Militaire   (Morocco)

^b 4e Hôpital Militaire   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Haematoma; Malaria; Rupture of the spleen; Sub capsular

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PROGUANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VINCKEI; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; EUROPE; FLUID THERAPY; GABON; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; QUININE; REST; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 43049139185     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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