Journal article
Cerebral malaria: mechanisms of brain injury and strategies for improved neurocognitive outcome.
- Abstract:
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Cerebral malaria is the most severe neurological complication of infection with Plasmodium falciparum. With >575,000 cases annually, children in sub-Saharan Africa are the most affected. Surviving patients have an increased risk of neurological and cognitive deficits, behavioral difficulties, and epilepsy making cerebral malaria a leading cause of childhood neurodisability in the region. The pathogenesis of neurocognitive sequelae is poorly understood: coma develops through multiple mechan...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Pediatric research
- Volume:
- 68
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 267-274
- Publication date:
- 2010-10-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1530-0447
- ISSN:
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0031-3998
- Source identifiers:
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65265
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2010
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