Hippocampal involvement in dengue fever

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 647-650

  Yeo, Poh Shuan Daniel ^a   Pinheiro, L ^a   Tong, P ^a   Lim, P L ^b   Sitoh, Y Y ^c  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases ^*

^c NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Dengue fever; Encephalitis; Hippocampus; Neurological manifestation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEDES; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENGUE; ENCEPHALITIS; FLAVIVIRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SINGAPORE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AMNESIA; BRAIN DISEASES; DENGUE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 27644599823     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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