Whole blood angiopoietin-1 and-2 levels discriminate cerebral and severe (non-cerebral) malaria from uncomplicated malaria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Conroy, Andrea L ^a   Lafferty, Erin I ^a   Lovegrove, Fiona E ^a   Krudsood, Srivicha ^b   Tangpukdee, Noppadon ^b   Liles, W Conrad ^a,c   Kain, Kevin C ^a,c  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ANGPT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORGAN INJURY; PARASITEMIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOCK; THAILAND; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOPOIETIN-1; ANGIOPOIETIN-2; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74849140632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-295     Document Type: Article

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