Skin lesions in hospitalized cases of dengue fever

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 608-611

  Saleem, Khawer ^a,c   Shaikh, Irfan ^b  

^a PNS Shifa ^*  (Pakistan)

^b Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^c Aisha Bawany School   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; IgM serology; Macular erythema; Petechiae; Skin lesion

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; EPISTAXIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSAL DISEASE; PAKISTAN; PETECHIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRURITUS; RIGOR; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; SORE THROAT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DENGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; SKIN DISEASES, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56249084926     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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