Rash, an uncommon but existing feature of H1N1 influenza among children

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 223-224

  Fretzayas, Andrew ^a   Moustaki, Maria ^a   Kotzia, Doxa ^a   Nicolaidou, Polyxeni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; H1N1; Influenza; Rash

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; LAMOTRIGINE; OSELTAMIVIR;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILEPSY; FEVER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); LETTER; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 79958723407     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00197.x     Document Type: Letter

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