Redefining cerebral malaria by including malaria retinopathy

Future Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-355

  Beare, Nicholas A V ^d   Lewallen, Susan ^a   Taylor, Terrie E ^b,c   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^c  

^a TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d College of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

cerebral malaria; papilledema; retinopathy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MALARIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT CARE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; WORK EXPERIENCE;

HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 79953324186     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.11.3     Document Type: Review

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