Plasmodium vivax malaria in children: Uncommon manifestations

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 253-256

  Parakh, A ^a   Agarwal, N ^a   Aggarwal, A ^a   Aneja, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMAQUINE; QUININE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MALE; OLIGURIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 70849109350     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249309X12547917868844     Document Type: Article

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