Platelet profile is associated with clinical complications in patients with vivax and falciparum malaria in Colombia

Introduction Thrombocytopenia is a common complication in malaria patients. The relationship between abnormal platelet profile and clinical status in malaria patients is unclear. In low and unstable endemic regions where vivax malaria predominates, the hematologic profiles of malaria patients and th...

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Main Authors: Edgar Leonardo Martínez-Salazar, Alberto Tobón-Castaño
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2014-06-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822014000300341&lng=en&tlng=en