Epidemiology of influenza-associated encephalitis-encephalopathy in Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan

Pediatrics International

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 192-196

  Togashi, Takehiro ^a   Matsuzono, Yoshihiro ^b   Narita, Mitsuo ^c  

^a SAPPORO CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Tetsudo JR Hospital   (Japan)

^c Abashiri Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain stem encephalopathy; Childhood; Encephalitis encephalopathy; Influenza

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE;

EID: 0034055524     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2000.01202.x     Document Type: Article

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