Raised plasma insulin level and homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) score in cerebral malaria: Evidence for insulin resistance and marker of virulence

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 513-520

  Eltahir, Elrashid M ^a   ElGhazali, Gehad ^a,b   A Elgadir, Thoraya M E ^a   A Elbasit, Ishraga E ^a   Elbashir, Mustafa I ^a   Giha, Hayder A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Cerebral malaria; HOMA; Hyperglycaemia; Insulin resistance; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CEREBRAL MALARIA; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UPREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79551583060     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: 1734154X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2010_2437     Document Type: Article

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