Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children at a tertiary teaching hospital: ABO blood group is a risk factor
BACKGROUND: ABO blood group antigens are formed by terminal glycosylation of glycoproteins and glycolipid chains present on cell surfaces. Glycosylation modulates all kinds of cell-to-cell interactions and this may be relevant in malaria pathophysiology, in which adhesion has been increasingly impli...
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The Pan African Medical Journal
2011-09-01
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| Series: | The Pan African Medical Journal |
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http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/10/2/pdf/2.pdf
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