Language disorders have been reported after severe falciparum malaria but the deficits have not been described in detail. We assessed language outcome in three groups of children aged 6 to 9 years (n=487): those previously admitted to Kilifi District Hospital, Kenya, with cerebral malaria (CM; n=152
Infecting dose and severity of falciparum malaria
β Scribed by J.R. Glynn; W.E. Collins; G.M. Jeffery; D.J. Bradley
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 403 KB
- Volume
- 89
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0035-9203
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