A successful management of dengue fever in pregnancy: Report of two cases

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 377-380

  Singh, N ^a   Sharma, K ^a   Dadhwal, V ^a   Mittal, S ^a   Selvi, A ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Pregnancy; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 55549097828     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.43577     Document Type: Article

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