Letters to the editor

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 607-609

  Hata, Atsuko ^a   Fujita, Masaaki ^a   Morishima, Tatsuya ^a   Kumakura, Akira ^a   Hata, Daisuke ^a  

^a Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FEMALE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RASH; VIROLOGY;

CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 52649175856     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01395.x     Document Type: Letter

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