Measles and rubella misdiagnosed in infants as exanthem subitum (roseola infantum)

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7023, 1996, Pages 101-102

  Tait, Dereck R ^a   Ward, Katherine N ^a   Brown, David W G ^b   Miller, Elizabeth ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; CHILD; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM; HUMANS; INFANT; MEASLES; RUBELLA;

EID: 0030581804     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7023.101     Document Type: Article

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