Measles encephalitis in early pregnancy and after delivery

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-100

  Matsumoto, Yasuyo ^a   Morimoto, Ippei ^b   Shibutani, Takahiro ^c   Mukubou, Masaaki ^b   Shirakawa, Toshiro ^a   Gotoh, Akinobu ^a   Kawabata, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Measles; Pregnancy; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; GLYCEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; RASH; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 18444391193     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-005-0372-4     Document Type: Article

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