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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 65, 1971 - Issue 1
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Malaria in early childhood

An investigation of five hundred seriously ill children in whom a “clinical” diagnosis of malaria was made on admission to the Children's Emergency Room at University College Hospital, Ibadan

R. G. Hendrickse From the Department of Paediatrics and the Institute of Child Health, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
,
A. H. Hasan From the Department of Paediatrics and the Institute of Child Health, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
,
L. O. Olumide From the Department of Paediatrics and the Institute of Child Health, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
&
A. Akinkunmi From the Department of Paediatrics and the Institute of Child Health, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Pages 1-20 | Received 24 Sep 1970, Published online: 24 Mar 2016

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