Clinical and etiological profile of acute febrile encephalopathy in Eastern Nepal

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1109-1111

  Singh, Rupa R ^a   Chaudhary, S K ^a   Bhatta, Nisha K ^a   Khanal, B ^a   Shah, Dheeraj ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Japanese encephalitis; Viral encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE FEBRILE ENCEPHALOPATHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MALARIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEPAL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEROLOGY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TYPHOID FEVER; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NEPAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VOMITING;

EID: 76649107053     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-009-0233-8     Document Type: Article

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