Cortisol and uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in an area of unstable malaria transmission in eastern Sudan

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-147

  Ea, Ibrahim ^a   Mm, Kheir ^a   Oa, Elhardello ^b   Wa, Almahi ^c   Ni, Ali ^c   Mi, Elbashir ^a   Adam, Ishag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b New Halfa Teaching Hospital   (Sudan)

^c SUDAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Falciparum; Malaria; Pathogenesis; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SUDAN; TEMPERATURE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PREGNANCY; SUDAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952425198     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60056-4     Document Type: Article

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