Tick-borne encephalitis in Styrian children from 1981 to 2005: A retrospective study and a review of the literature

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 535-538

  Fritsch, Peter ^a,c   Gruber Sedlmayr, Ursula ^a   Pansi, Heike ^a   Zöhrer, Bettina ^a   Mutz, Ingomar ^b   Spork, Dietmar ^a   Zenz, Werner ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b General Hospital of Leoben   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children; Prognosis; Review; Sequelae; TBE

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TREMOR; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 41749110072     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00763.x     Document Type: Article

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