Severe and complicated Plasmodiumvivax malaria in children

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 185-187

  Jat, Kana Ram ^a   Guglani, Vishal ^a   Khairwa, Anju ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN; QUININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEWBORN; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; INDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84870307547     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2012.120174     Document Type: Article

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