Neurologic complications in children with enterovirus 71 infection

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 936-942

  Huang, Chao Ching ^a   Liu, Ching Chuan ^a   Chang, Ying Chao ^c   Chen, Cheng Yu ^d   Wang, Shan Tair ^b   Yeh, Tsu Fuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS 71; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS CULTURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HERPANGINA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; PARALYSIS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TAIWAN;

EID: 0033598405     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199909233411302     Document Type: Article

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