OPHTHALMOLOGIC IDENTIFICATION OF CEREBRAL MALARIA IN ADULTS

Ophthalmologic identification of cerebral malaria in adults

Objective: To report the clinical presentation of malarial retinopathy in an adult, emphasizing the importance of this diagnosis for the clinical suspicion and prognosis of cerebral malaria.Methods: A 39-year-old caucasian man presented with hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, acidemia and acute renal failure, developing severe encephalopathy.The t

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Knodus shinahota (Characiformes: Characidae) a new species from the río Shinahota, río Chapare basin (Mamoré system), Bolivia

Knodus shinahota, new species, is described from río Shinahota, a tributary of the upper rio Mamoré basin, Província de Tiraque, Cochabamba State, Bolivia.The new species can be distinguished from all congeners except K.chapadae and K.geryi by having six rows of scales between the lateral line and the dorsal-fin origin (vs 4 or 5 rows of scales

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Portfolio selection theory and wildlife management

With a strong commercial incentive driving the increase in game ranching in Southern Africa the need has come for more advanced management tools.In this paper the potential of Portfolio Selection Theory to determine the optimal mix of species on princess polly dresses long sleeve game ranches is explored.Land, or the food it produces, is a resource

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Lets help the breastfeeding revival

The author says: This article would not have been written had I initially been successful with breastfeeding.Being a Midwife I thought I knew how to breastfeed.I had sore nipples for a month and could not solve 730 sunken lake road the problem.I gave my baby supplementary feeds and lost my milk at 4 months.I relactated with the help of a breastfeed

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