Cerebral malaria in children: using the retina to study the brain.

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Published in Brain on February 26, 2014

Authors

Ian J C MacCormick1, Nicholas A V Beare2, Terrie E Taylor3, Valentina Barrera4, Valerie A White5, Paul Hiscott4, Malcolm E Molyneux6, Baljean Dhillon7, Simon P Harding2

Author Affiliations

1: 1 Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, PO Box 30096, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi2 University of Liverpool, Department of Eye and Vision Science, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, University of Liverpool Room 356, 4th Floor, UCD Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK ian.maccormick@gmail.com.
2: 2 University of Liverpool, Department of Eye and Vision Science, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, University of Liverpool Room 356, 4th Floor, UCD Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK3 Royal Liverpool University Hospital, St. Paul's Eye Unit, Prescot St, Liverpool, Merseyside L7 8XP, UK.
3: 5 Blantyre Malaria Project, Blantyre, Malawi6 Michigan State University, Department of Osteopathic Medical Specialities, West Fee Hall, 909 Fee Road, Room B305, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
4: 2 University of Liverpool, Department of Eye and Vision Science, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, University of Liverpool Room 356, 4th Floor, UCD Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK.
5: 7 Vancouver General Hospital, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Vancouver, B.C. V5Z1M9, Canada.
6: 1 Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, PO Box 30096, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi4 University of Malawi College of Medicine, College of Medicine, P/Bag 360 Chichiri, Blantyre 3 Malawi8 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place , Liverpool, L3 5QA , UK.
7: 9 University of Edinburgh, Department of Ophthalmology, Edinburgh, UK10 Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, Edinburgh, UK.

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