Clinical and laboratory features of severe acute respiratory syndrome vis-à-vis onset of fever

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Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 509-517

  Liu, Ching Lung ^a   Lu, Yen Ta ^a   Peng, Meng Jen ^a   Chen, Pei Jan ^a   Lin, Rong Luh ^a   Wu, Chien Liang ^a   Kuo, Hsu Tah ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clinical course; Coronavirus; Laboratory data; Nasopharyngeal swab; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; RIBAVIRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 4143084932     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.2.509     Document Type: Article

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