Short report: Abdominal computed tomography findings of malaria infection with Plasmodium vivax

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1202-1205

  Kim, Eun Mi ^a   Cho, Hyeon Je ^b   Cho, Chong Rae ^a   Kwak, Yee Gyung ^a   Kim, Mi Young ^b   Cho, Yun Ku ^b  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul Veterans Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES; ATTENUATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY; ABDOMEN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ABDOMEN; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENOMEGALY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79551651612     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0160     Document Type: Article

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