Norovirus infection as a cause of diarrhea-associated benign infantile seizures

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 849-855

  Chen, Shih Yen ^a,d   Tsai, Chi Neu ^d   Lai, Ming Wei ^a   Chen, Chih Yen ^e   Lin, Kuang ^b   Lin, Tzou Yien ^c   Chiu, Cheng Hsun ^c  

^a Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology   (Taiwan)

^b Division of Pediatric Pulmonology   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^e DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NOROVIRUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEIZURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NOROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEIZURES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN; VOMITING;

EID: 63649093102     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597256     Document Type: Article

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