Meningoencephalitis as a presentation of Kawasaki disease

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1080-1081

  Husain, Entesar ^a,c   Hoque, Enamul ^b  

^a AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b ADAN HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; CEFOTAXIME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MANNITOL; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VITAL SIGN;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXANTHEMA; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MENINGES; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846345282     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/7010.2006.00232     Document Type: Article

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