Clinical comparison of retinopathy-positive and retinopathy-negative cerebral Malaria

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1176-1184

  Villaverde, Chandler ^a   Namazzi, Ruth ^b   Shabani, Estela ^c,d   Opoka, Robert O ^b   John, Chandy C ^c,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CREATININE; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; UREA;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BREATHING RATE; CEREBRAL MALARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPOVOLEMIA; JAUNDICE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY RATE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLOR; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINOPATHY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFANT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTOR; UGANDA;

ANTIMALARIALS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 85019099220     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0315     Document Type: Article

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