Recurrent annual outbreaks of a hepato-myo-encephalopathy syndrome in children in western Uttar Pradesh, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 523-533

  Vashishtha, Vipin M ^a   Nayak, N C ^b   John, T Jacob ^c   Kumar, Amod ^d  

^a Mangla Hospital   (India)

^b SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d ST STEPHEN S HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acute encephalopathy; Hepato myo encephalopathy syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; ENEMA; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOSE; INOTROPIC AGENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTULOSE; MANNITOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; OXYGEN; STEROID; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; AGITATION; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GLIOSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CLASS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINALYSIS; VOMITING; WINTER;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; SYNDROME;

EID: 34447563757     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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