Retinopathy in severe malaria in Ghanaian children - overlap between fundus changes in cerebral and non-cerebral malaria

BACKGROUND: In malaria-endemic areas, reliably establishing parasitaemia for diagnosis of malaria can be difficult. A retinopathy with some features unique to severe malaria with a predictive value on prognosis, has been described. Detection of this retinopathy could be a useful diagnostic tool. Thi...

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Autores principales: Essuman, Vera A, Ntim-Amponsah, Christine T, Astrup, Birgitte S, Adjei, George O, Kurtzhals, Jorgen AL, Ndanu, Thomas A, Goka, Bamenla
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2927612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20704742
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-232

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2927612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20704742
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-232

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