Aseptic menimgitis in children: Analysis of 506 cases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Michos, Athanasios G ^a   Syriopoulou, Vassiliki P ^a   Hadjichristodoulou, Christos ^b   Daikos, George L ^a   Lagona, Evagelia ^a   Douridas, Panagiotis ^a   Mostrou, Glykeria ^a   Theodoridou, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; AUTUMN; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRRITABILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; RNA ANALYSIS; SUMMER; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

ENTEROVIRUS;

EID: 39449129681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000674     Document Type: Article

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