Frequency and clinical presentation of dengue fever at tertiary care hospital of Hyderabad/Jamshoro

Journal of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-94

  Khan, Abdul Haque ^a   Hayat, Atif Sitwat ^b   Masood, Naila ^c   Solangi, Noor Mohammad ^b   Shaikh, Tariq Zaffar ^b  

^a University of Medical and Sciences (LUMHS)   (Pakistan)

^b Liaquat University Eye Hospital   (Pakistan)

^c LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adults; Clinical presentation; Dengue fever; Dengue hemorrhagic fever; Dengue shock syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DENGUE SHOCK SYNDROME; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYALGIA; PAKISTAN; PHARYNGITIS; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGOR; SHOCK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOMITING;

EID: 78049377253     PISSN: 17290341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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