Clinical profile of dengue fever infection in King Abdul Aziz University Hospital Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 503-510

  Ahmed Dr , Maimoona M ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Leucopoenia; Saudi Arabia; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOMITING;

DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 78649300225     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1038     Document Type: Article

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