A case of myocarditis associated with plasmodium vivax malaria

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-140

  Kim, Soon Ae ^a   Kim, Eu Suk ^a,c   Rhee, Moo Yong ^a   Choi, Sang Il ^b   Huh, Hee Jin ^a   Chae, Seok Lae ^a  

^a Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; SCHIZONT; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX PAIN; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALARIA, VIVAX; MYOCARDITIS; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63049107629     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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