New classification of acute papilledema in children with severe malaria

Journal of Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 381-388

  Smith, Amy ^a,e   Beare, Nicholas A V ^a   Musumba, Crispin O ^b   Lochhead, Jonathan ^a   Newton, Charles R J C ^b,c   Harding, Simon P ^a,d  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coma; Malaria; Optic disc; Papilledema

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; TROPICAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALARIA; OPTIC DISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPILLEDEMA;

EID: 70350769435     PISSN: 13042580     EISSN: 18759041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JPN-2009-0317     Document Type: Article

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