Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome in malaria
Malaria is an important treatable cause of acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in the tropics and in the returning traveller in the non-endemic areas. ARDS is an important complication in severe, complicated falciparum malaria and has been described in P. vivax a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2008-08-01
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Series: | Journal of Vector Borne Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.mrcindia.org/journal/issues/453179.pdf |