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Age-dependent effect of plasma nitric oxide on parasite density in Ghanaian children with severe malaria.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Jul 2005
Cramer Jakob P, Nüssler Andreas K, Ehrhardt Stephan, Burkhardt Jana, Otchwemah Rowland N, Zanger Philipp, Dietz Ekkehart, Gellert Sabine, Bienzle Ulrich, Mockenhaupt Frank P
Abstract excerpt
Nitric oxide (NO) has toxic properties against Plasmodium falciparum. While high blood levels have been associated with protection against severe malarial disease, they may also contribute to the pathophysiology of cerebral malaria and severe anaemia. Promoter variants in the inducible nitric oxi...
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