The utility of liver function tests in dengue

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-83

  Wong, Manzhi ^a,b   Shen, Emily ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROLOGY;

EID: 41149111111     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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