Dengue fever with ischemic stroke: A case report

Neurologist

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-42

  Liou, Li Min ^a   Lan, Sheng Hsing ^a   Lai, Chiou Lian ^b,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Immunomodulator; Immunosuppressant; Ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DENGUE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PLATELET COUNT; STROKE; THALAMIC DISEASES; THALAMUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349008803     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3180d0a391     Document Type: Article

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