Dengue encephalitis: Why we need to identify this entity in a dengue-prone region

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 975-977

  Muzaffar, Jameel ^a   Venkata Krishnan, P ^a   Gupta, N ^a   Kar, P ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dengue encephalitis; Dengue fever; Encephalitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EYE PAIN; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 33750983021     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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