Angiopoietin-2 levels are associated with retinopathy and predict mortality in Malawian children with cerebral malaria: A retrospective case-control study*

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 952-959

  Conroy, Andrea L ^a   Glover, Simon J ^b   Hawkes, Michael ^a   Erdman, Laura K ^a   Seydel, Karl B ^b,d   Taylor, Terrie E ^b,d   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^b,c,e   Kain, Kevin C ^a,f  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

angiopoietin; biomarker; cerebral malaria; mortality; retinopathy; sTie 2

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CAPILLARY WHITENING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MALE; MORTALITY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PARASITEMIA; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA WHITENING; RETINOPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPOIETIN-2; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857523393     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182373157     Document Type: Article

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