Severe encephalopathy with swine origin influenza a h1n1 infection in childhood: Case reports

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1077-1078

  Webster, R I ^a   Hazelton, B ^a,b   Suleiman, J ^a,c   MacArtney, K ^a,b   Kesson, A ^a,b   Dale, R C ^a,b,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology ^*  (Australia)

^c Institute of Neuroscience and Muscle Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OSELTAMIVIR; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SWINE;

EID: 77950276146     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181d6b113     Document Type: Article

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