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

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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 cerebral vessels. To determine whether these changes cause breakdown of the blood-brain barrier and resultant perivascular or parenchymal cerebral oedema, histology, immunohistochemistry and image ...

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10.1186/1475-2875-10-267

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University of Oxford
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University of Oxford
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MSD
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NDM
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BioMed Central Publisher's website
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Malaria journal Journal website
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10
Issue:
1
Pages:
267
Publication date:
2011-01-01
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1475-2875
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1475-2875
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English
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186560
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2012-12-19

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