Autopsy discoveries of death from malaria

Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 111-115

  Menezes, Ritesh G ^a   Pant, Sadip ^b   Kharoshah, Magdy A ^c   Senthilkumaran, Subramanian ^d   Arun, M ^e   Nagesh, K R ^f   Bhat, Nishanth B ^g   Mahadeshwara Prasad, D R ^h   Karki, Raj Kumar ⁱ   Subba, S H ^j   Fazil, Abul ^j  

^a Srinivas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Forensic Medicine Authority   (Egypt)

^d Sri Gokulam Hospital and Research Institute   (India)

^e JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^f FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^g KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^h JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

ⁱ KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^j KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

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Author keywords

Autopsy; Malaria; Malaria endemic region; Plasmodium falciparum; Postmortem discovery; Sudden unexpected death

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

AGE; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRITISH NURSING INDEX; CAPILLARY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHINA; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMBASE; ERYTHROCYTE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FRANCE; GENDER; GERMANY; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; JAPAN; LIVER; LUNG; MALARIA; MEDLINE; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; REVIEW; SMEAR; SPAIN; SPLEEN; STRESS; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84858332578     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2012.01.007     Document Type: Review

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