Perfusion abnormalities in children with cerebral malaria and malarial retinopathy

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-271

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

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALARIAL RETINOPATHY; MALAWI; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RETINAL PERFUSION; TISSUE PERFUSION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 58849132997     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595735     Document Type: Article

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