Hypokalaemic quadriparesis: An unusual manifestation of dengue fever

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gupta, Durgesh Kumar ^a   Vaish, A K ^a   Arya, Rajesh Kumar ^a   Chaudhary, Shyam Chand ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTULISM; CASE REPORT; DENGUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIC QUADRIPARESIS; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; PERIODIC PARALYSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 79959592228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.12.2010.3673     Document Type: Article

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