Tick-borne encephalitis in Slovenia from 2000 to 2004: Comparison of the course in adult and elderly patients

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 118, Issue 21-22, 2006, Pages 702-707

  Logar, Mateja ^a   Bogovič, Petra ^a   Cerar, Daša ^a   Avšič Županc, Tatjana ^b   Strle, Franc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Course; Elderly population; Outcome; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESIS; PHOTOPHOBIA; SLOVENIA; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 33845620232     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0699-6     Document Type: Article

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