Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever among children in north-eastern Turkey

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-28

  Dilber, E ^a   Cakir, M ^a   Acar, E A ^a   Orhan, F ^a   Yaris, N ^a   Bahat, E ^a   Okten, A ^a   Erduran, E ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPISTAXIS; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER NECROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALAISE; MALE; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BITE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VEIN PUNCTURE; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEALTH; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; TURKEY;

EID: 63849097367     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532809X401999     Document Type: Article

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