Thrombocytopenia in malaria

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 708-710

  Shaikh, Qurban Hussain ^a   Ahmad, Syed Masroor ^a   Abbasi, Amanullah ^a   Malik, Shujaat Ali ^b   Sahito, Abdul Aziz ^a   Munir, S M ^a  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHI SQUARE TEST; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PAKISTAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PAKISTAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349108441     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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