Possible aetiology of haemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome in the Negev area of Israel

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 332-334

  Sofer, Shaul ^a   Yerushalmi, Baruch ^a   Shahak, Eliezer ^a   Berenstein, Tamar ^a   Schulman, Hanna ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Department of Radiology ^*

Author keywords

Bedouins; Encephalopathy; Haemorrhagic shock; Hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; HYPERTHERMIA; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029904009     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.75.4.332     Document Type: Article

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