Haemorrhagic manifestations of dengue fever and their management in a tertiary care hospital in north India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 718-720

  Chhina, Deepinder Kaur ^a,b   Goyal, Omesh ^a   Goyal, Prerna ^a   Kumar, Raj ^a   Puri, Sandeep ^a   Chhina, Rajoo Singh ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Dayand Medical College and Hospital ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPISTAXIS; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEADACHE; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MELENA; MYALGIA; PETECHIA; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349538702     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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