Microvascular dysfunction in severe plasmodium falciparum malaria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 369-370

  Cunnington, Aubrey J ^a   Riley, Eleanor M ^a   Walther, Michael ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROANGIOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84871791026     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis681     Document Type: Letter

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