Malaria with marked thrombocytopenia: Report of 2 cases

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Vij, Amarjit Singh ^a   Dandona, Pawan Kumar ^a   Aggarwal, Aruna ^a,b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*

Author keywords

Malaria; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PRIMAQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 44349162269     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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