Capillary refill time as an independent prognostic indicator in severe and complicated malaria.

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Published in J Pediatr on November 01, 2006

Authors

Jennifer A Evans1, Juergen May, Daniel Ansong, Sampson Antwi, Emmanuel Asafo-Adjei, Samuel Blay Nguah, Kingsley Osei-Kwakye, Alex Osei Yaw Akoto, Alex Owusu Ofori, David Sambian, Justice Sylverken, Wibke Busch, Christian Timmann, Tsiri Agbenyega, Rolf D Horstmann

Author Affiliations

1: Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana. evans@kccr.de

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