Unusual presentations of malaria in children: An experience from a tertiary care centre in North East India

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 655-660

  Dass, Rashna ^a   Barman, Himesh ^a   Duwarah, Saurabh Gohain ^a   Deka, Nayan Mani ^a   Jain, Pankaj ^a   Choudhury, Vivek ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN INDIRA GANDHI REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hyperglycemia; Malaria; Unusual presentations

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERALIZED EDEMA; HEADACHE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INDIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PARASITEMIA; PEDIATRIC WARD; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PTOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDEMA; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PARASITOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEADACHE; HEMIPLEGIA; HEPATITIS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INDIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955550213     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0055-8     Document Type: Article

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