Cerebrospinal fluid studies in children with cerebral malaria: an excitotoxic mechanism?
The pathogenesis of cerebral malaria is poorly understood. One hypothesis is that activation of microglia and astrocytes in the brain might cause the cerebral symptoms by excitotoxic mechanisms. Cerebrospinal fluid was sampled in 97 Kenyan children with cerebral malaria, 85% within 48 hr of admissio...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2000
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