Cerebral Malaria and Cytotoxic Lesions of the Corpus Callosum

Afonso Sousa¹, Tiago Milheiro Silva¹, Carla Conceição², José Pedro Vieira³, Catarina Gouveia^{4

5}, Luís Varandas^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Dona Estefania Lisbon, Portugal.
² Neuroradiology Unit, Hospital Dona, Estefania. Lisbon, Portugal.
³ Neurology Department, Hospital Dona Estefânia Lisbon, Portugal.
⁴ Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Dona Estefania. Lisbon, Portugal.
⁵ Nova Medical School, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.
⁶ Nova Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Dona Estefânia Lisbon, Portugal.

Afonso Sousa et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 1;42(9):e358-e359.

doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003963. Epub 2023 May 15.

Afonso Sousa¹, Tiago Milheiro Silva¹, Carla Conceição², José Pedro Vieira³, Catarina Gouveia^{4

5}, Luís Varandas^{6

7}

¹ Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Dona Estefania Lisbon, Portugal.
² Neuroradiology Unit, Hospital Dona, Estefania. Lisbon, Portugal.
³ Neurology Department, Hospital Dona Estefânia Lisbon, Portugal.
⁴ Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Dona Estefania. Lisbon, Portugal.
⁵ Nova Medical School, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.
⁶ Nova Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Dona Estefânia Lisbon, Portugal.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.

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