Chikungunya fever

Journal, Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 164-168

  Swaroop, Ashok ^a   Jain, Arvind ^a   Kumhar, Maniram ^a   Parihar, Naveen ^a   Jain, Sachin ^a  

^a J L N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

AFRICA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; DENGUE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPISTAXIS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARESIS; PNEUMONIA; PROPHYLAXIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SLURRED SPEECH; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 34250784633     PISSN: 09723560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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