Clinical and laboratory findings of SARS in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 332-339

  Leong, Hoe Nam ^a   Chan, Kwai Peng ^a   Oon, Lynette L E ^a   Koay, Evelyn S C ^b   Ng, Lee Ching ^c   Lee, May Ann ^c   Barkham, Timothy ^d   Chen, Mark I C ^d   Heng, Bee Hoon ^e   Ling, Ai Ee ^a   Leo, Yee Sin ^d  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^d TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atypical; Clinical; Polymerase chain reaction; SARS; Serology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; SEROLOGY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33745675357     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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