Retinopathy in severe malaria in Ghanaian children--overlap between fundus changes in cerebral and non-cerebral malaria.

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Published in Malar J on August 12, 2010

Authors

Vera A Essuman1, Christine T Ntim-Amponsah, Birgitte S Astrup, George O Adjei, Jorgen A L Kurtzhals, Thomas A Ndanu, Bamenla Goka

Author Affiliations

1: University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences-University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. vadessuman@yahoo.com

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