Retinal pathology of pediatric cerebral malaria in Malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  White, Valerie A ^a   Lewallen, Susan ^b,c   Beare, Nicholas A V ^d   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^e,f   Taylor, Terrie E ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b British Columbia Centre for Epidemiologic and International Ophthalmology   (Canada)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^h MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CD61 ANTIGEN; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN MALARIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; COMA; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; NERVE INJURY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINOPATHY; THROMBUS; VASCULAR DISEASE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; EYE FUNDUS; MALARIA; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; THROMBOSIS;

CYSTOIDEA;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; AXONS; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; CHILD; FIBRINOGEN; FUNDUS OCULI; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACULA LUTEA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALAWI; RETINA; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; RETINAL VESSELS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 59849097624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004317     Document Type: Article

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