The clinical and pathophysiological features of malarial anaemia.
This review will focus on the principal clinical and pathophysiological features of the anaemia of falciparum malaria, including the problems of treating malarial anaemia, and also will suggest how recent advances in genomics may help our understanding of cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying this syndrome.
Roberts
D J
DJ
Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford and Blood Research Laboratory, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. david.roberts@ndcls.ox.ac.uk
Casals-Pascual
C
C
Weatherall
D J
DJ
D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*