Using malarial retinopathy to improve the classification of children with cerebral malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1089-1094

  Lewallen, Susan ^a,b   Bronzan, Rachel N ^c,d   Beare, Nicholas A ^c,e   Harding, Simon P ^c   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^c,f   Taylor, Terrie E ^c,d  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral malaria; Children; Malawi; Papilloedema; Pathophysiology; Retinopathy

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR; QUININE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN MALARIA; BREATHING; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE FUNDUS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLEDEMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOPATHY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURVIVOR; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALAWI; MALE; PAPILLEDEMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETINAL DISEASES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 53349147318     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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