The 'hidden' burden of malaria: Cognitive impairment following infection

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Fernando, Sumadhya D ^a   Rodrigo, Chaturaka ^b   Rajapakse, Senaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; CHLOROQUINE; GLATIRAMER; MALOPRIM; PANTETHEINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PLACEBO; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BED NET; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN MALARIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDUCATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SPEECH THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALARIA;

EID: 78650257716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-366     Document Type: Review

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