Pathophysiological mechanisms of severe anaemia in Malawian children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Boele van Hensbroek, Michaël ^a,b,c   Calis, Job C J ^a,b   Phiri, Kamija S ^a   Vet, Raymond ^d   Munthali, Francis ^a   Kraaijenhagen, Rob ^e   van Den Berg, Henk ^b   Faragher, Brian ^c   Bates, Imelda ^c   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE; INFANT; METABOLISM;

ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; MALE;

EID: 77958573476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012589     Document Type: Article

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