Vivax malaria: A rare cause of thalamic bleed

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 665-666

  Sarkar, Jaydeep ^a   Naik, Biku ^a   Gawande, Atul ^a   Goel, Atul ^a  

^a DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Bleed; Malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Rapid malaria test; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTESUNATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LOOSE FECES; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RIGOR; THALAMUS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; THALAMIC DISEASES;

EID: 84864322190     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(12)60136-9     Document Type: Article

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