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Comparative study of clinical presentation and hematological indices in hospitalized sickle cell patients with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Journal of infection and public health - 1 Jan 2000
Purohit Prasanta, Mohanty Pradeep K, Patel Siris, Das Padmalaya, Panigrahi Jogeswar, Das Kishalaya
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sickle-cell-gene has a high frequency in malaria endemic regions. In India, though the prevalence of both sickle-cell-gene and malaria are high, no study has been carried out. This study aims to find out the possible differences in hematological and clinical parameters in severe falciparum malaria with respect to sickle cell genotypes. METHODS: Five hundred fourteen adults with severe falciparum...
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