Encephalitis-associated pandemic A (H1N1) 2009 in a Kuwaiti girl

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-195

  Al Baghli, Fawaz ^a,b   Al Ateeqi, Wafaa ^a  

^a AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Influenza; Pandemic A (H1N1)

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFOTAXIME; OSELTAMIVIR;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSELTAMIVIR;

EID: 79251495820     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321276     Document Type: Article

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