Study of Japanese encephalitis and other viral encephalitis in Nepali children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 978-984

  Rayamajhi, Ajit ^a,b   Singh, Rupa ^a   Prasad, Rajniti ^a   Khanal, Basudha ^a   Singhi, Sunit ^a  

^a BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences ^*  (Nepal)

^b Kanti Children's Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Clinico laboratory profile; Japanese encephalitis; Nepal; Sequelae; Viral encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; REARING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY SYSTEM; SERUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE;

EID: 36649031867     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02495.x     Document Type: Article

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