Long term outcome of severe anaemia in Malawian children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Phiri, Kamija S ^a   Calis, Job C J ^a,b   Faragher, Brian ^c   Nkhoma, Ernest ^a   Ng'oma, Kondwani ^a   Mangochi, Bridget ^a   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^a,c   van Hensbroek, Michaël Boele ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR; HEMOGLOBIN; QUININE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CHILD; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALAWI; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51449119383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002903     Document Type: Article

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