Dengue encephalitis: A true entity?

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 256-259

  Lum, L C S ^a   Lam, S K ^a   Choy, Y S ^a   George, R ^a   Harun, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029875372     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.256     Document Type: Article

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