Investigating outbreaks of uncertain aetiologies

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 505-507

  George, Kuryan ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; NOTE; PLEOCYTOSIS; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; HUMANS; INDIA; REYE SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547115210     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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