Neurological complications of Chikungunya virus infection

Neurology India

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-180

  Chandak, Nitin H ^a   Kashyap, Rajpal S ^a   Kabra, Dinesh ^a   Karandikar, Poornima ^a   Saha, Sonali S ^a   Morey, Shweta H ^a   Purohit, Hemant J ^b   Taori, Girdhar M ^a   Daginawala, Hatim F ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Chikungunya; Encephalitis; Myelitis; Neurological complications; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELONEUROPATHY; MYOPATHY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67249118536     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.51289     Document Type: Article

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