Intracranial hypertension in Africans with cerebral malaria

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-226

  Newton, C R J C ^a,b,g   Crawley, J ^a,c   Sowumni, A ^a,d   Waruiru, C ^a   Mwangi, I ^a   English, M ^a,c   Murphy, S ^a,e   Winstanley, P A ^a,e   Marsh, K ^a,c   Kirkham, F J ^f  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g Wolfson Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cerebral malaria; intracranial pressure

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; MANNITOL; QUININE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KENYA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 8044258354     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.3.219     Document Type: Article

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