Brain Swelling and Death in Children with Cerebral Malaria

BACKGROUND: Case fatality rates among African children with cerebral malaria remain in the range of 15 to 25%. The key pathogenetic processes and causes of death are unknown, but a combination of clinical observations and pathological findings suggests that increased brain volume leading to raised i...

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Pubblicato in:N Engl J Med
Autori principali: Seydel, Karl B., Kampondeni, Samuel D., Valim, Clarissa, Potchen, Michael J., Milner, Danny A., Muwalo, Francis W., Birbeck, Gretchen L., Bradley, William G., Fox, Lindsay L., Glover, Simon J., Hammond, Colleen A., Heyderman, Robert S., Chilingulo, Cowles A., Molyneux, Malcolm E., Taylor, Terrie E.
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: 2015
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4450675/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25785970
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1400116
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