Severe, persisting, steroid-responsive Dengue myositis

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 426-428

  Finsterer, Josef ^a,c   Kongchan, Kittipong ^b  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Thailand)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Myalgia; Myopathy; Pain; Tropical disease; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CELECOXIB; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; MELOXICAM; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PARECOXIB; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MYALGIA; MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOSITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644660405     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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