Falciparum malaria in a South African Tertiary Care Hospital

Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 351-355

  Mphahlele, B J ^a   Mpe, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Malaria; Mortality; Tertiary centre

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; BILIRUBIN; DOXYCYCLINE; HEMOGLOBIN; QUININE;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SMEAR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SOUTH AFRICA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRAVEL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 46949089091     PISSN: 00323772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20452/pamw.412     Document Type: Article

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