Acute encephalopathy and rhabdomyolysis following rotavirus gastroenteritis

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 90-91

  Minami, Koichi ^a   Tamura, Akira ^a   Komori, Yuki ^a   Yanagawa, Toshihiko ^a   Izumi, Genkichi ^a   Kioka, Naomi ^a   Yoshikawa, Norishige ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Infection; Rhabdomyolysis; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INFANT; INTUBATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; ROTAVIRUS; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 33845740122     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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