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Role of CR1 Knops polymorphism in the pathophysiology of malaria: Indian scenario.
Journal of vector borne diseases - 1 Dec 2009
Gandhi Monika, Singh Arpita, Dev Vas, Adak T, Dashd A P, Joshi Hema
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Plasmodium falciparum is the leading cause of mortality and causes cerebral malaria associated with sequestration caused by cytoadherence of the trophozoite and schizont-infected erythrocytes to the endothelial cells of the deep vascular beds in the brain. Pathophysiology of malaria is complicated by rosetting. Rosetting is a process of binding of uninfected erythrocytes to the...
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