Neurological sequelae in survivors of cerebral malaria

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Oluwayemi, Isaac Oludare ^a   Brown, Biobele Joackim ^b   Oyedeji, Olusola Adetunji ^c   Oluwayemi, Margaret Adefiola ^d  

^a EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cerebral malaria; Children; Neurological sequelae; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONVULSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NIGERIA; PARESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH DISORDER; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MEMORY DISORDERS; PARASITOLOGY; RESTLESSNESS; SEIZURES; SPEECH DISORDERS; VISION DISORDERS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NIGERIA; PARESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SEIZURES; SPEECH DISORDERS; SURVIVORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84887429143     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.15.88.1897     Document Type: Article

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