Varicella encephalopathy in immunocompetent children

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-195

  Carreño, Amparo ^a   López Herce, Jesús ^a   Verdú, Alfonso ^a   Riaza, Mónica ^b   García, Elena ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b Hospital Madrid Monteprincipe   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Children; Encephallopathy; Serology; Varicella

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFOTAXIME; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MIDAZOLAM; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

AGITATION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHICKENPOX; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACYCLOVIR; BRAIN DISEASES; CHICKENPOX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; SPAIN;

EID: 33846847342     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01044.x     Document Type: Article

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