Aseptic meningitis associated with high dose immunoglobulin: Case report

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7117, 1997, Pages 1203-1204

  Picton, Paul ^a   Chisholm, Morag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0030682408     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7117.1203     Document Type: Article

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