Management of a vertically transmitted neonatal Chikungunya thrombocytopenia

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1008-1009

  Shrivastava, Ambuj ^a   Waqar Beg, Mirza ^b   Gujrati, Chandravati ^c   Gopalan, Natarajan ^a   Rao, P V L ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

^b 93 N Pinky Apartment   (India)

^c Krishna Medical Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Platelet infusion; RT PCR; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOREL; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEONATAL THROMBOCYTOPENIA; NEWBORN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA, NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE;

EID: 79961170293     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-011-0371-7     Document Type: Article

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