Dengue haemorrhagic fever in adults: A prospective study of 110 cases

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-30

  Wali, J P ^a   Biswas, A ^a   Handa, R ^a   Aggarwal, P ^a   Wig, N ^a   Dwivedi, S N ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DENGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEADACHE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ADULT; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032942527     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559902900110     Document Type: Article

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