A 7-year-old boy dying of acute encephalopathy: Com august 2009 case 1

Brain Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 261-264

  Ng, Wai Fu ^a   Chiu, Sin Chuen ^b   Lam, David S Y ^b   Wong, Yiu Chung ^b   Tam, Sidney ^c   Kwong, Ngai Shan ^b   Loo, Ka Tai ^b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^d  

^a YAN CHAI HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MANNITOL; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ACUTE NECROTIZING ENCEPHALOPATHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTUBATION; JAPAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYDRIASIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PONS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS; THROAT CULTURE; TONIC SEIZURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ASTHMA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; THALAMUS;

EID: 71549171160     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2009.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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