Predicting the clinical outcome of tetanus: The tetanus severity score

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-287

  Thwaites, C L ^a,b   Yen, L M ^c   Glover, C ^d   Tuan, P Q ^a   Nga, N T N ^c   Parry, J ^a   Loan, H T ^c   Bethell, D ^a,b   Day, N P J ^a,b   White, N J ^a,b   Soni, N ^d   Farrar, J J ^a,b  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dakar score; Phillips score; Prognosis; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; TETANUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TETANUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; HO CHI MINH CITY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 33644816608     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01562.x     Document Type: Article

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