Clinical outcome and neurological sequelae in serologically confirmed cases of Japanese encephalitis patients in Assam, India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1143-1148

  Baruah, H C ^a,b   Biswas, D ^a,b   Patgiri, D ^a,b   Mahanta, J ^a,b  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b ASSAM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Japanese encephalitis; Sequelae

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PARKINSONISM; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0036916878     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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