Lethal Malaria: Marchiafava and Bignami Were Right

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 192-198

  White, Nicholas J ^a,b   Turner, Gareth D H ^a,b   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,b   Dondorp, Arjen M ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cerebral malaria; malaria; P. falciparum; pathology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARGININE; ARTESUNATE; CINCHONA ALKALOID; CORTICOSTEROID; DEFEROXAMINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEPARIN; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; LEVAMISOLE; MANNITOL; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PROSTACYCLIN; QUININE; SEVUPARIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY; UREA;

BRAIN MALARIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICAL EXPERT; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CEREBRAL MALARIA; MALARIA; P. FALCIPARUM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MICROVESSELS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84879331864     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit116     Document Type: Review

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