Function of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier in human cerebral malaria: rejection of the permeability hypothesis.
We tested the hypothesis that cerebral malaria is caused by blood-brain barrier inflammation and cerebral edema. In a group of 157 Thai patients with strictly defined cerebral malaria, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) opening pressures were normal in 79% and were lower in fatal cases than in survivors (mea...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1986
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