A study of clinical profile of dengue fever in Kollam, Kerala, India

Dengue Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue , 2005, Pages 197-202

  Daniel, Rachel ^a   Rajamohanan, ^b   Philip, Aby Zachariah ^c  

^a Bishop Benziger Hospital   (India)

^b Sree Avittom Thirunal Hospital   (India)

^c Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical profile; DF DHF; Kerala; Kollam

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HEMATOCRIT; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRURITUS; RASH; SEIZURE; SORE THROAT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646187884     PISSN: 1020895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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