Volume Expansion with Albumin Compared to Gelofusine in Children with Severe Malaria: Results of a Controlled Trial

Samuel Akech; Samson Gwer; Richard Idro; Greg Fegan; Alice C Eziefula; Charles R. J. C Newton; Michael Levin; Kathryn Maitland

doi:10.1371/journal.pctr.0010021

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Volume Expansion with Albumin Compared to Gelofusine in Children with Severe Malaria: Results of a Controlled Trial

Samuel Akech,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research–Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Samson Gwer,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research–Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Richard Idro,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research–Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Greg Fegan,

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research–Coast, Kilifi, Kenya, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Alice C Eziefula,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research–Coast, Kilifi, Kenya
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Charles R. J. C Newton,

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research–Coast, Kilifi, Kenya, Neurosciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
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Michael Levin,

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Wellcome Trust Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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Kathryn Maitland

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kmaitland@kilifi.kemri-wellcome.org

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research–Coast, Kilifi, Kenya, Department of Paediatrics and Wellcome Trust Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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Volume Expansion with Albumin Compared to Gelofusine in Children with Severe Malaria: Results of a Controlled Trial

Samuel Akech,
Samson Gwer,
Richard Idro,
Greg Fegan,
Alice C Eziefula,
Charles R. J. C Newton,
Michael Levin,
Kathryn Maitland

Published: September 15, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pctr.0010021

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