Transferrin saturation and recovery from coma in cerebral malaria
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Transferrin saturation and recovery from coma in cerebral malaria.
To determine if the elevated transferrin saturations found in some patients with severe malaria are associated with an adverse outcome in cerebral malaria, we retrospectively measured baseline saturations in stored serum samples from 81 Zambian children with strictly defined cerebral malaria. The children had been treated with quinine, sulfadox-ine-pyrimethamine, and intravenous infusions of ei...
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عنوان ژورنال: Blood
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0006-4971,1528-0020
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v85.11.3297.bloodjournal85113297