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Macrophage migration inhibitory factor is associated with mortality in cerebral malaria patients in India

BACKGROUND: Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a multifunctional cytokine implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of human diseases including inflammatory neurological diseases. Its role in the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria is unknown. Cerebral malaria is a life-threatening compli...

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Autores principales: Jain, Vidhan, McClintock, Shannon, Nagpal, Avinash C, Dash, Aditya P, Stiles, Jonathan K, Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam, Singh, Neeru, Lucchi, Naomi W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19284533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-2-36