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Review Article: blood-brain barrier in falciparum malaria.
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Plasmodium falciparum malaria is the most important parasitic disease infecting the central nervous system of humans worldwide. The pathogenesis of the neurological complications of falciparum malaria remains unclear. In particular, how do asexual parasites confined to the vascular space of the brain cause neuronal impairment? The evidence for a breakdown in the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is conflicting. In some animal models of malaria, there is evidence of breakdown of the BBB, but the data ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Tropical medicine and international health : TM and IH
- Volume:
- 10
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 285-292
- Publication date:
- 2005-03-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1365-3156
- ISSN:
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1360-2276
- Source identifiers:
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185625
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:185625
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uuid:1dd7fbdd-bb44-4e7e-88e7-493350bd89be
- Local pid:
- pubs:185625
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2005
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