Developmental outcomes in Malawian children with retinopathy-positive cerebral malaria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-271

  Boivin, Michael J ^a   Gladstone, Melissa J ^b   Vokhiwa, Maclean ^c   Birbeck, Gretchen L ^a   Magen, Jed G ^d   Page, Connie ^e   Semrud Clikeman, Margaret ^d   Kauye, Felix ^f   Taylor, Terrie E ^g  

^a East Lansing   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d Michigan State University   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achenbach child behaviour checklist; Africa; Brain; Child development; Language; Malaria; Malawi; Malawian developmental assessment tasks; Motor function; Retinopathy; Social skills; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MALARIA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALAWI DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT TOOL; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOPATHY; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALAWI; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RETINAL DISEASES; SOCIAL CLASS;

MALAWI;

EID: 79951763128     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02704.x     Document Type: Article

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