Investigation of an epidemic of Reye's syndrome in northern region of India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1097-1106

  Ghosh, D ^a   Dhadwal, D ^a   Aggarwal, A ^a   Mitra, S ^b   Garg, S K ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Kaur, B ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Epidemic; Japanese encephalitis; Measles; Salicylates; Varicella coster

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; MALATHION; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; REYE SYNDROME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; FEVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MEASLES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REYE SYNDROME; RURAL POPULATION; SALICYLATES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032727394     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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