Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): Epidemiology and clinical features

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 945, 2004, Pages 373-381

  Hui, D S C ^a   Chan, M C H ^a   Wu, A K ^a   Ng, P C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEVOFLOXACIN; OSELTAMIVIR;

CHILL; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALAISE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RIGOR; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN; VIETNAM;

EID: 3242696011     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.020263     Document Type: Review

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