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Coma in fatal adult human malaria is not caused by cerebral oedema

BACKGROUND: The role of brain oedema in the pathophysiology of cerebral malaria is controversial. Coma associated with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria is multifactorial, but associated with histological evidence of parasitized erythrocyte sequestration and resultant microvascular congestion in...

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Autores principales: Medana, Isabelle M, Day, Nicholas PJ, Sachanonta, Navakanit, Mai, Nguyen TH, Dondorp, Arjen M, Pongponratn, Emsri, Hien, Tran T, White, Nicholas J, Turner, Gareth DH
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3182981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21923924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-267