The clinicopathologic manifestations of plasmodium vivax malaria in children: A growing menace

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 861-867

  Bhattacharjee, Prasun ^a   Dubey, Suparna ^a   Gupta, Vijay Kumar ^a   Agarwal, Prerana ^a   Mahato, Mathura Prasad ^b  

^a Department of Paediatrics ^*  (India)

^b SHARDA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Complicated malaria; Plasmodium vivax; Severe malaria

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INDIA; INFANT; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLOR; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PETECHIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; SPLENOMEGALY; TACHYPNEA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84877146417     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/5652.2960     Document Type: Article

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