Clinical aspects of hemolysis in patients with P. vivax malaria treated with primaquine, in the Brazilian Amazon
This report describes the development of hemolysis in eighteen glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient patients treated for Plasmodium vivax malaria with chloroquine and primaquine. The most frequent findings accompanying hemolysis were fever and leukocytosis, in addition to anemia requiring red...
Main Authors: | Wilson M Ramos Júnior, José FJ Sardinha, Mônica RF Costa, Marli S Santana, Maria GC Alecrim, Marcus VG Lacerda |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000400017&lng=en&tlng=en |
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