Acute necrotizing encephalopathy: A comparison between influenza and non-influenza cases

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 277-280

  Okumura, Akihisa ^a   Abe, Sinpei ^a   Kidokoro, Hiroyuki ^b   Mizuguchi, Masashi ^c  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy; Influenza

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

ACUTE NECROTIZING ENCEPHALOPATHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; INFANT; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66849128970     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2009.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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