Severe La Crosse encephalitis with significant neurologic sequelae

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-80

  Balkhy, Hanan H ^a   Schreiber, John R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; La Crosse; Meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE;

ADOLESCENT; AEDES TRISERIATUS; ANISOCORIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LA CROSSE VIRUS; LETHARGY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

EID: 0033980010     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200001000-00016     Document Type: Article

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