Health implications of chronic hepatosplenomegaly in Kenyan school-aged children chronically exposed to malarial infections and Schistosoma mansoni

Hepatosplenomegaly among school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa is highly prevalent. Two of the more common aetiological agents of hepatosplenomegaly, namely chronic exposure to malaria and Schistosoma mansoni infection, can result in similar clinical presentation, with the liver and spleen bein...

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Autores principales: Wilson, Shona, Vennervald, Birgitte J., Kadzo, Hilda, Ireri, Edmund, Amaganga, Clifford, Booth, Mark, Kariuki, H. Curtis, Mwatha, Joseph K., Kimani, Gachuhi, Ouma, John H., Muchiri, Eric, Dunne, David W.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2824847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19818465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.08.006

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2824847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19818465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.08.006

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