Febrile encephalopathy: Challenges in management

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 54, Issue NOV., 2006, Pages 845-847

  Yeolekar, M E ^a,b   Trivedi, T H ^b  

^a Medical ICU ^*

^b LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHILD; EDITORIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 34247513437     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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