Falciparum malaria presenting as subdural hematoma

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Chaudhary, S C ^a   Sonkar, S K ^a   Kumar, Vivek ^a   Gupta, Abhinav ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATALITY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 79956196733     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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