Altered consciousness in Ugandan hospital admissions

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 240-241

  Rwebembera, Joselyn ^a   Wilson, Tony ^a  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349337686     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2009.090038     Document Type: Article

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