Dengue fever presenting as acute acalculous cholecystitis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 531-533

  Nasim, Asma ^a  

^a Bismillah Taqee Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acalculous cholecystitis; Acute cholecystitis; Dengue fever; Gallbladder

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENGUE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LYMPHOCYTE; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; SEPSIS; SEROLOGY; TASTE DISORDER; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 71949101603     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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