Clinical and laboratory findings in acute malaria caused by various plasmodium species

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 220-223

  Rasheed, Abdul ^a   Saeed, Shahzad ^b   Khan, Saleem Ahmed ^a  

^a CMH Quetta ^*  (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; UREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEVER; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65749109902     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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