Sequestration and microvascular congestion are associated with coma in human cerebral malaria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 663-671

  Ponsford, Mark J ^a   Medana, Isabelle M ^a   Prapansilp, Panote ^a,c,d   Hien, Tran Tinh ^e   Lee, Sue J ^d   Dondorp, Arjen M ^c,d   Esiri, Margaret M ^b   Day, Nicholas P J ^c,d   White, Nicholas J ^c,d   Turner, Gareth D H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRAIN MALARIA; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR CONGESTION; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PARASITE SEQUESTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIETNAMESE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; COMA; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84863063544     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir812     Document Type: Article

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