Cerebral malaria in children is associated with long-term cognitive impairment

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  John, Chandy C ^a,e   Bangirana, Paul ^b   Byarugaba, Justus ^b   Opoka, Robert O ^b   Idro, Richard ^b   Jurek, Anne M ^a   Wu, Baolin ^c   Boivin, Michael J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d East Lansing   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral malaria; Cognitive; Deficit; Impairment; P falciparum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOUCH; UGANDA; UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA; WORKING MEMORY; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48249115186     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3709     Document Type: Article

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