Childhood chorea-encephalopathy associated with recent parvovirus B19 infection in two Jamaican children

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-344

  Chambers, R H Melbourne ^a   Gooden, M A ^a   Gilbert, T D Evans ^b   Jackson, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Cornwall Regional Hospital ^*  (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATHETOSIS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CHOREA ENCEPHALOPATHY; CLONIC SEIZURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HEMIBALLISM; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19; IRRITABILITY; JAMAICA; MALE; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHOREA; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; INFANT; JAMAICA; MALE; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN;

EID: 78649684179     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532810X12858955921438     Document Type: Article

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