Etiology of acute childhood encephalitis at the hospital for sick children, Toronto, 1994-1995

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 398-409

  Kolski, H ^b   Ford Jones, E L ^a   Richardson, S ^b   Petric, M ^b   Nelson, S ^b   Jamieson, F ^b   Blaser, S ^b   Gold, R ^b   Otsubo, H ^b   Heurter, H ^b   MacGregor, D ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEVER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 17344373745     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516301     Document Type: Article

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