Influenza a virus-associated encephalopathy with haemophagocytic syndrome

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 799-800

  Watanabe, Toru ^a   Okazaki, Etsuo ^a   Shibuya, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NIIGATA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FATALITY; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

AUTOPSY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0242571793     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-003-1288-6     Document Type: Article

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