Norovirus as cause of benign convulsion associated with gastro-enteritis

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 373-377

  Chan, Chi Man Victor ^a   Chan, Chun Wing Desmond ^a   Ma, Che Kwan ^a   Chan, Hin Biu ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gastro enteritis; Norovirus; Rotavirus; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DIARRHEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEMATOCHEZIA; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NOROVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SEIZURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NOROVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 79959854743     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01986.x     Document Type: Article

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