SARS: Clinical features and diagnosis

Respirology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Hui, David Shu Cheong ^a   Wong, Poon Chuen ^b   Wang, Chen ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Laboratory diagnosis; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; D DIMER; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DELIRIUM; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALAISE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RIGOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SORE THROAT; SPUTUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0346993137     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2003.00520.x     Document Type: Review

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