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April 24, 2014Clinical Infectious Diseases146 citationsOpen Access

Severe Malarial Anemia is Associated With Long-term Neurocognitive Impairment

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PBPaul BangiranaRORobert O. OpokaMBMichael J. Boivin

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In children <5 years of age, SMA is associated with long-term impairment in cognitive ability, whereas CM is associated with additional impairment in the areas of attention and associative memory. SMA may be a major contributor to long-term neurocognitive impairment in children in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Bangirana et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dbc38c7d378569a98358f8https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu293
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