The hyper-reactive malarial splenomegaly: A systematic review of the literature

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Leoni, Stefania ^a,b   Buonfrate, Dora ^a   Angheben, Andrea ^a   Gobbi, Federico ^a   Bisoffi, Zeno ^a  

^a S Cuore Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hyper reactive; Malarial; Management; Review; Splenomegaly; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; CHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEFLOQUINE; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PRIMAQUINE; PROGUANIL; PYRIMETHAMINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPER REACTIVE MALARIAL SPLENOMEGALY SYNDROME; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITE CONTROL; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIMALARIALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALARIA; PREVALENCE; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 84930676154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0694-3     Document Type: Review

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