Clinical features and outcome in children with severe plasmodium falciparum malaria: A meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Manning, Laurens ^a   Laman, Moses ^a   Davis, Wendy A ^a   Davis, Timothy M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; QUININE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRITERION VARIABLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; COMPLICATION; GEOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84895545194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086737     Document Type: Article

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