A case of benign acute childhood myositis associated with influenza A (H1N1) virus infection

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-195

  Koliou, M ^a   Hadjiloizou, S ^b   Ourani, S ^a   Demosthenous, A ^a   Hadjidemetriou, A ^a  

^a Archbishop Makarios Hospital   (Cyprus)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BENIGN ACUTE CHILDHOOD MYOSITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LABORATORY TEST; LEG PAIN; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MYOSITIS; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS DETECTION; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

EID: 74549151763     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03064.x     Document Type: Article

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