Impaired everyday memory associated with encephalopathy of severe malaria: the role of seizures and hippocampal damage

BACKGROUND: Seizures are common in children admitted with severe falciparum malaria and are associated with neuro-cognitive impairments. Prolonged febrile seizures are associated with hippocampal damage and impaired memory. It was hypothesized that severe malaria causes impaired everyday memory whic...

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Autores principales: Kihara, Michael, Carter, Julie A, Holding, Penny A, Vargha-Khadem, Faraneh, Scott, Rod C, Idro, Richard, Fegan, Greg W, de Haan, Michelle, Neville, Brian GR, Newton, Charles RJC
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2794875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19951424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-273

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2794875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19951424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-273

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