Neurologic outcomes in retinopathynegative cerebral malaria survivors

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1268-1272

  Postels, Douglas G ^a   Taylor, Terrie E ^b   Molyneux, Malcolm ^d   Mannor, Kara ^c   Kaplan, Peter W ^e   Seydel, Karl B ^b   Chimalizeni, Yamikani F ^d   Kawaza, Kondwani ^d   Birbeck, Gretchen L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BLANTYRE COMA SCALE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RETINOPATHY; RETINOPATHY NEGATIVE CEREBRAL MALARIA; RETINOPATHY POSITIVE CEREBRAL MALARIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALAWI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALAWI; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84867560416     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31826aacd4     Document Type: Article

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