Point-of-admission hypoglycaemia among under-five Nigerian children with plasmodium falciparum malaria: prevalence and risk factors

 Abstract Background: Hypoglycaemia is a well recognized complication of falciparum malaria in children but its diagnosis may be overlooked because all the clinical features may be mimicked by severe malaria. To determine the prevalence of hypoglycaemia at the point of hosp...

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Main Authors: Alphonsus N. Onyiriuka, Olasimbo O. Peter, Louis C. Onyiriuka, Patience O. Awaebe, Fidelis U. Onyiriuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2012-05-01
Series:Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran
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Online Access:http://mjiri.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-302&slc_lang=en&sid=1