Erythropoietin levels are not independently associated with malaria-attributable severe disease in Mozambican children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Díez Padrisa, Núria ^a,b   Aguilar, Ruth ^a,c   Machevo, Sonia ^b,d   Morais, Luis ^b   Nhampossa, Tacilta ^b,e   O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina ^a,b   Nhalungo, Delino ^b   Menéndez, Clara ^a,b   Roca, Anna ^a,b   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,b   Bassat, Quique ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Manhiça Health Research Center   (Mozambique)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; BILIRUBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; MOZAMBIQUE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIRUS INFECTION; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMOLYSIS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTEREMIA; BILIRUBIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALARIA; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 80052275970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024090     Document Type: Article

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