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In the list of systemic causes of Roth's spots the authors omitted
probably the commonest cause worldwide: cerebral malaria. In this
condition the number of white-centered retinal haemorrhages is related to
fatal outcome.1
1.Beare NAV, Southern C, Chalira C, Taylor TE, Molyneux ME, Harding
SP. The prognostic significance and course of retinopathy in severe
malaria in children. Arch Ophthalmol. 2004; 122(8): 1141-7.
Roth's spots
In the list of systemic causes of Roth's spots the authors omitted
probably the commonest cause worldwide: cerebral malaria. In this
condition the number of white-centered retinal haemorrhages is related to
fatal outcome.1
1.Beare NAV, Southern C, Chalira C, Taylor TE, Molyneux ME, Harding
SP. The prognostic significance and course of retinopathy in severe
malaria in children. Arch Ophthalmol. 2004; 122(8): 1141-7.
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