title: Biochemical and haematological variables in Gambian children with cerebral malaria.
abstract: Biochemical and haematological measurements were made in Gambian children who satisfied the criteria for the diagnosis of cerebral malaria over a 3-year period. Biochemical and haematological values were available for 388 and 624 children, respectively. Biochemical signs of renal and hepatic dysfunction were found and these may have contributed in a cumulative way to the high mortality seen in the study children. Cerebral involvement in children with cerebral malaria is only one, though the most important, manifestation of a multi-organ disease.
authors.affiliation: Royal Victoria Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Enwere
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Van Hensbroek
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jaiteh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Onyiorah
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Greenwood
mesh_terms: D001772:Blood Cell Count; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes; D014508:Urea; D003404:Creatinine