Splenic rupture in dengue hemorrhagic fever: Report of a case and review

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 330-332

  de Moura Mendonça, Lufása Salles ^a   de Moura Mendonça, Maria Lfágia ^a   Parrode, Nathalia ^a   Barbosa, Machado ^a   Cardoso, Rhanderson Miller Nascimento ^a   de Arauájo Filho, Joaão Alves ^a,b  

^a Tropical Pathology and Public Health Institute   (Brazil)

^b Tropical Diseases Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; DEATH; DENGUE; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EYE PAIN; FACE EDEMA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; MALE; MYALGIA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPLEEN RUPTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SHOCK; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 79960994859     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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