PCR on cerebrospinal fluid to show influenza-associated acute encephalopathy or encephalitis

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9131, 1998, Pages 873-875

  Fujimoto, Shinji ^a   Kobayashi, Masanori ^b   Uemura, Osamu ^c   Iwasa, Mitsuji ^c   Ando, Tsunesaburo ^c   Katoh, Toshiyuki ^d   Nakamura, Chie ^d   Maki, Noriei ^e   Togari, Hajime ^a   Wada, Yoshiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Moriyama Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d City of Nagoya   (Japan)

^e Josai Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13144249140     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)12449-2     Document Type: Article

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