Central nervous system involvement in neonatal rotavirus infection

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-312

  de Villiers, F P R ^a   Steele, A D ^a   Driessen, Marie ^a  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

CHILD HEALTH; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; APNEA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SUCKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0346733211     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249303225007789     Document Type: Article

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