Diagnostic value of platelet count in malaria

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 464-466

  Faseela, T S ^a   Roche, Ronald A ^a   Anita, K B ^a   Malli, Chaithra S ^a   Rai, Yashwanth ^a  

^a A J INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE BUFFY COAT METHOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 79959305957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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