%0 Journal Article
%T Hyponatremia, flux concentration and different species of malaria
%A Viroj Wiwanitkit
%J Iranian Journal of Medical Hypotheses & Ideas
%D 2010
%I Tehran University of Medical Sciences
%X "nHyponatraemia is an important complication of malaria. The rate of hyponatremia is different in different kinds of malarial infection with a significant problem in falciparum malaria.  The exact pathophysiology of hyponatraemia in malaria remains unclear. Here, the author proposes an idea on a parasitic sodium related biological process and further extrapolates for its relationship with rate and severity of hyponatremia in different kinds of malarial infection.
%K Malaria
%K Sodium
%K Hyponatremia
%U http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/16747.pdf&manuscript_id=16747