A prospective multicenter study of childhood encephalitis in Greece

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 740-742

  Galanakis, Emmanouil ^a   Tzoufi, Meropi ^b   Katragkou, Aspasia ^a,c   Nakou, Iliada ^b   Roilides, Emmanuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Childhood; CNS infection; Encephalitis; Greece

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 68649111441     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318199eff9     Document Type: Article

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