Jaundice in falciparum malaria; changing trends in clinical presentation - A need for awareness

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 616-621

  Ahsan, Tasnim ^a   Ali, Hassan ^a   Bkaht, Syed Feroze ^b   Ahmad, Niaz ^a   Farooq, Muhammad Umer ^a   Shaheer, Ali ^a   Mahmood, Tariq ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b Kidney Centre Karachi   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARTEMETHER; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; QUININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PAKISTAN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMALARIALS; BILIRUBIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56049118476     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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