Repeated tourniquet testing as a diagnostic tool in dengue infection

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-27

  Norlijah, Othman ^a,d   Nor Khamisah, A ^b   Kamarul, A ^c   Mangalam, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^c HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^d UPM   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dengue heamorrhagic fever (DHF); Dengue infection; Tourniquet test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOURNIQUET; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CAPILLARIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 33646373927     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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