Disseminated intravascular coagulation associated with rotavirus gastroenteritis: Report of two cases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 834-836

  Limbos, Mary Ann P ^a   Lieberman, Jay M ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FIBRIN FORMATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INFANT; MALE; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SEPSIS;

EID: 0030036551     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.5.834     Document Type: Article

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