Dengue Fever and Long Thoracic Nerve Palsy in a Traveler Returning from Thailand

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 112-114

  Chappuis, François ^a   Justafré, Jean Claude ^b   Duchunstang, Lobsang ^c   Loutan, Louis ^a   Taylor, Walter R J ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Chemin de Beau Soleil 22   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ENGERIX; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PARACETAMOL; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; LONG THORACIC NERVE PARALYSIS; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; THAILAND; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942444626     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2004.16983     Document Type: Article

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