Fulminant hepatic failure in an infant with severe dengue infection

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-437

  Soundravally, R ^a   Narayanan, P ^a   Bhat, B Vishnu ^b   Soundraragavan, Jayanthi ^a   Setia, Sajita ^a  

^a Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Education and Research   (India)

^b Departments of Pediatrics   (India)

Author keywords

Dengue hemorrhagic fever; Fulminant hepatitis; Histopathological features; Infant

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOTAXIME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COUGHING; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 3; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING; SEPTIC SHOCK;

DENGUE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 77955964387     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0027-z     Document Type: Article

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