Sensorineural hearing loss in Lassa fever: Two case reports

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Okokhere, Peter O ^a   Ibekwe, Titus S ^a   Akpede, George O ^a  

^a IRRUA SPECIALIST TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBAVIRIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DYSPHAGIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LASSA FEVER; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PETECHIA; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SORE THROAT; VOMITING;

EID: 60949105030     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-36     Document Type: Article

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