Dengue fever in a tertiary hospital in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Dengue Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-44

  Shahin, W ^a,b   Nassar, A ^a,c   Kalkattawi, M ^a   Bokhari, H ^a  

^a AL NOOR SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

AST ALT ratio; Clinical symptoms; Dengue haemorrhagic fever; Dengue virus; Makkah; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; CHILD; COUGHING; DENGUE; DISEASE COURSE; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; RASH; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOCK; SPRING; SUMMER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 80053316034     PISSN: 1020895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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