Severe thrombocytopenia suggesting immunological mechanisms in two cases of vivax malaria
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Malaria vivax and Severe Thrombocytopenia in Iran
Malaria vivax is prevalent in many regions of the world. It is more prevalent in Asia and Latin America and accounts for more than half of all malaria cases in these two regions. Clinically severe cases and complications of malaria are commonly due to Plasmodium falciparum. Hematological changes are nearly common in malaria infection but severe thrombocytopenia is rare in P. vivax (1, 2). For m...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hematology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0361-8609,1096-8652
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8652(199711)56:3<183::aid-ajh9>3.0.co;2-u